28.9% ▲ +87.0%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Banana · Council (LGA)
Religion in Banana
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith remains a central part of daily life in Banana, where 55.3% of residents identify as Christians. This is a strongly religious area compared to the rest of the country, although the number of people with no faith has grown significantly in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While the number of people reporting no religion rose 13 points since 2011 to reach 28.9%, this is still far below the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.7% and Hinduism and Islam each at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Banana, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 18.1%
- Other Christian 6.4%
- Uniting Church 5.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 28.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Banana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30370/banana/topic/religion