26.0% ▲ +113.0%
Lower than 90% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Remote Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Remote Australia identify as Christians, making it a more religious region than most other parts of the country. While the number of people reporting no religion has grown, this figure remains far below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 55.1%, while those with no religion make up 26.0%. This last group has risen by 14 points since 2011, yet it is still much lower than the 38.9% recorded across Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remote Australia, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 24.7%
- Anglican 19.4%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- No religion 25.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
- 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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA13/remote-australia/topic/religion