42.4% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Katherine · Council (LGA)
Religion in Katherine
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significantly higher share of people in Katherine report no religion compared to the rest of the Northern Territory and Australia. This shift is stark, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 15 percentage points since 2011. Currently, 42.4% of the population identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 42.4%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This is followed by Christianity at 35.8%, while smaller groups include Hindus at 2.2% and Buddhists at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Katherine, the largest group is No religion at 42%, followed by Christianity (36%) and Not stated (17%).
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- No religion 42.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.4%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Pentecostal 2.2%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72200/katherine/topic/religion