33.2% ▲ +74.0%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Charters Towers · Council (LGA)
Religion in Charters Towers
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in Charters Towers identifies as Christian. This religious presence is much stronger here than in most other areas, although the number of people reporting no religion has risen by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.4% of residents are Christian, while 33.2% have no religion. This last figure is well below the national average of 38.9% and the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Charters Towers, Christianity is the majority at 50%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 14.7%
- Uniting Church 7.7%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 32.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32310/charters-towers/topic/religion