45.6% ▲ +225.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cherbourg · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cherbourg
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Cherbourg report no religion compared to the rest of the country. Nearly half the population identifies as non-religious, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.6% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This represents a huge shift for Cherbourg, as the number of people with no religion rose 32 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cherbourg splits fairly evenly between Christianity (49%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Baptist 23.2%
- Catholic 10.7%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Pentecostal 2.8%
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- No religion 45.6%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
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 Cherbourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32330/cherbourg/topic/religion