42.2% —
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cairns · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cairns
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 42% of people in Cairns report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a significant shift in the region, as the number of residents without a religious affiliation rose by 9.9 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 42.9%, while those with no religion make up 42.2% of the population. This last group is about the same as the Queensland figure, though it is much higher than across Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cairns splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 41.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32080/cairns/topic/religion