32.2% ▲ +79.5%
Lower than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Major Cities of Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify as having no religion in the Major Cities of Australia compared to most other similar areas. While this group grew by 14 percentage points since 2011, only 32.2% of the urban population now reports no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.2%, followed by those with no religion at 32.2%, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other significant groups include Islam at 5.6%, Hinduism at 4.3%, and Buddhism at 3.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, the largest group is Christianity at 46%, followed by No religion (32%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 31.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA10/major-cities-of-australia/topic/religion