31.1% ▲ +110.8%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Very Remote Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Very Remote Australia identify as Christians. While the number of people reporting no religion has risen significantly, this group remains much smaller than in most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common affiliation at 49.5%, while 31.1% of people report no religion. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9%, though it has risen by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (31%) and Not stated (18%).
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- Catholic 25.4%
- Anglican 14.2%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 30.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/religion