48.5% ▲ +71.3%
Higher than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Inner Regional Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Inner Regional Australia report having no religion, which is far more common here than in most other areas. This shift is striking, with the number of people without a faith jumping 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.5% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the national 38.9%. This group is now larger than those identifying with Christianity, who make up 39.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 48.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.6%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA51/inner-regional-australia/topic/religion