19.9% —
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Christmas Island · Council (LGA)
Religion in Christmas Island
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion on Christmas Island than in most similar areas. This is a diverse community where no single faith dominates, with Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity all representing significant portions of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 19.9% of residents report no religion, a figure far below the national average of 38.9%. The rest of the community is split across several faiths, with Islam being the most common at 22.1%, followed by Buddhism at 15.2% and Christianity at 14.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Christmas Island splits fairly evenly between Not stated (27%) and Islam (22%), with No religion at 20%.
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- No religion 19.7%
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- Catholic 7.3%
- Anglican 2.1%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Christmas Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51710/christmas-island/topic/religion