53.8% ▲ +85.8%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Burnie · Council (LGA)
Religion in Burnie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Burnie now report having no religion. This reflects a major shift in the local community, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 25 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 53.8% of residents have no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 36.2%, while smaller groups include Hindus (0.9%), Buddhists (0.7%), and Muslims (0.6%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Burnie, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 53.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 11.4%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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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 Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60610/burnie/topic/religion