32.1% ▲ +113.3%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Toowoomba · Council (LGA)
Religion in Toowoomba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Toowoomba identify with a faith, making it a more religious area than much of the country. While the number of people with no religion has climbed to 32.1% since 2011, the city remains significantly more likely to hold a religious affiliation than the average Australian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 55.9%, and the share of people reporting no religion is well below the national figure of 38.9%. This lack of religious affiliation is also much lower than in most other areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Toowoomba, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 20.0%
- Anglican 14.9%
- Other Christian 11.0%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 31.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 1.6%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36910/toowoomba/topic/religion