28.9% ▲ +96.3%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Longreach · Council (LGA)
Religion in Longreach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Longreach identify as Christians, making it a more religious area than most of the country. While those claiming no religion have risen to 28.9%, this is still far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 56.7%, while Hinduism and Buddhism each account for less than 1%. The proportion of people with no religion has risen by 14 points since 2011, yet it remains much lower than the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Longreach, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 23.9%
- Anglican 17.6%
- Uniting Church 6.3%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 28.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34710/longreach/topic/religion