50.4% ▲ +56.5%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
King Island · Council (LGA)
Religion in King Island
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people on King Island now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed by 18 percentage points since 2011. This shift means a majority of the population no longer identifies with a faith, making the area far more secular than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.4% of residents claim no religion, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Australian figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the next most common faith at 35.4%, while Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism each account for around 1% or less of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In King Island, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 49.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 12.5%
- Catholic 11.5%
- Uniting Church 6.8%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 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 King Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63410/king-island/topic/religion