30.4% ▲ +39.4%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Roper Gulf · Council (LGA)
Religion in Roper Gulf
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Roper Gulf compared to most other areas. Christianity remains the most common faith here at 44.1%, though the number of people reporting no religious affiliation has risen by 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 30.4%, the proportion of residents with no religion is well below both the Northern Territory figure of 38.5% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with 7.2% identifying with other religions, while Buddhism and Islam each account for less than 1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Roper Gulf, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (30%) and Not stated (18%).
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- Anglican 24.3%
- Other Christian 11.3%
- Catholic 4.7%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.0%
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- No religion 30.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Aboriginal traditional 7.0%
- Other religious groups 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 Roper Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA73600/roper-gulf/topic/religion