31.8% ▲ +91.6%
Lower than 76% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Outer Regional Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Outer Regional Australia compared to most similar areas. While over a third of Australians report no faith, only 31.8% do here, though this figure has climbed significantly since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Most residents identify as Christians at 55.1%. Those with no religion make up 31.8% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 19.8%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 31.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA12/outer-regional-australia/topic/religion