27.1% ▲ +192.4%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkes · Council (LGA)
Religion in Parkes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far lower share of people claim no religion in Parkes compared to the national figure. While 38.9% of Australians identify as non-religious, only 27.1% of Parkes residents do. This reflects a stronger attachment to faith than is typical across the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith here at 62.9%. The number of people reporting no religion has risen 18 points since 2011, though at 27.1% it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parkes, Christianity is the majority at 63%; No religion is next at 27%.
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- Catholic 25.0%
- Anglican 20.7%
- Uniting Church 5.7%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 26.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16200/parkes/topic/religion