44.8% ▲ +66.3%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cambridge · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cambridge
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 18 percentage points in those claiming no religion since 2011 has reshaped the spiritual landscape of Cambridge. Now, nearly 45% of residents do not identify with any faith, making the area much less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.2% of people identify as Christians, those with no religion make up 44.8% of the population, which is well above the national figure. Other faiths include Buddhism at 1.7%, Hinduism at 1.4%, and Islam at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cambridge splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 23.1%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 44.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Cambridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51310/cambridge/topic/religion