44.2% ▲ +90.8%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Moreton Bay · Council (LGA)
Religion in Moreton Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Well above the national figure, 44.2% of people in Moreton Bay report having no religion. This shift is a major part of the local story, with the number of people without a faith leaping 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.9%, but those with no religion now make up 44.2% of the population, which is higher than most areas. Other faiths include Hinduism at 1.1%, Buddhism at 0.8%, and other religions at 0.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Moreton Bay splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 17.3%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 43.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Moreton Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35010/moreton-bay/topic/religion