30.6% ▲ +120.6%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Western Downs · Council (LGA)
Religion in Western Downs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than double the number of people in Western Downs now report having no religion compared to 2011. While this shift is significant, the region remains much more religious than the rest of the state, with 56.9% of residents identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 30.6% of the population, which is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2%. This group has grown by 17 percentage points since 2011, though Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 56.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Western Downs, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Catholic 19.4%
- Anglican 16.1%
- Other Christian 8.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 5.2%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 30.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Western Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37310/western-downs/topic/religion