48.9% ▲ +57.0%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wagait · Council (LGA)
Religion in Wagait
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of residents in Wagait now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed 18 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area far more secular than the rest of the Northern Territory and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 49% of people here have no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. For those with a faith, 35.9% identify with Christianity, while Buddhism is the next most common at 1.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wagait, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (36%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 48.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Baptist 1.4%
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- Other religious groups 1.2%
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 Wagait [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA74560/wagait/topic/religion