41.4% ▲ +77.8%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brisbane · Council (LGA)
Religion in Brisbane
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith in Brisbane, where 43.1% of people identify as Christian. This religious landscape is shifting quickly, with a significant rise in the number of people who now report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.4% of residents have no religion, a figure that has risen 18 percentage points since 2011. This is slightly higher than the national figure and about the same as the Queensland average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brisbane splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.7%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- No religion 40.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31000/brisbane/topic/religion