31.8% ▲ +98.2%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Southern Downs · Council (LGA)
Religion in Southern Downs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Southern Downs compared to the rest of the state. While 31.8% of residents have no religious affiliation, this is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 56.8%, though the number of people reporting no religion has risen 16 points since 2011. Other faiths are rare here, with Buddhism and other religions each making up 0.5% and Hinduism at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Southern Downs, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 21.8%
- Anglican 17.3%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Uniting Church 5.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 31.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Southern Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36660/southern-downs/topic/religion