47.7% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Litchfield · Council (LGA)
Religion in Litchfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Litchfield residents now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed 18 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area far less religious than most other parts of the country. Currently, 47.7% of people here identify as non-religious, while 32.8% identify with a Christian faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9% and the territory's 38.5%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 1.8%, Islam at 0.4%, and other religions at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Litchfield, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (33%) and Not stated (17%).
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- No religion 47.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 14.3%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
- 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 Litchfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72300/litchfield/topic/religion