23.7% ▲ +98.4%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gwydir · Council (LGA)
Religion in Gwydir
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Gwydir now claim no religion, with this group rising by 12 percentage points since 2011. Despite this shift, the area remains more religious than the rest of the country, with 66% of residents identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 23.7% of people have no religion, this is far below the Australian figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the dominant faith here, while Buddhism, other religions, and Islam each make up less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gwydir, Christianity is the majority at 66%; No religion is next at 24%.
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- Anglican 33.6%
- Catholic 19.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 5.7%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 23.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Gwydir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13660/gwydir/topic/religion