37.4% —
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rockhampton · Council (LGA)
Religion in Rockhampton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a visible role in daily life in Rockhampton, where over half the population still identifies as Christian. While the number of people with no religion has jumped 14 percentage points since 2016, the area remains more religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.7% of residents identify as Christian, while those with no religion make up 37.4% of the population. This last group is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%, though Hinduism (1.0%) and Buddhism (0.8%) also provide small but distinct pockets of faith.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rockhampton, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 22.0%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Uniting Church 5.0%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 37.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36370/rockhampton/topic/religion