29.1% ▲ +102.3%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Very Remote Australia compared to most other areas. While a majority of the population is Christian, the number of people claiming no faith has risen significantly since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 55.2% of people identify as Christian, while the 29.1% who report no religion is well below the national figure of 38.9%. This lack of religious affiliation is much lower than in most other areas, despite the figure rising 15 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Anglican 20.9%
- Catholic 17.0%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Pentecostal 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 28.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA34/very-remote-australia/topic/religion