45.7% ▲ +69.3%
Higher than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 45.7%
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.
Nearly 46% of people in Remote Australia report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift is a major trend for the region, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The most common response is no religion at 45.7%, which is higher than most similar areas. Christianity is the next most frequent affiliation at 35.1%, followed by Buddhism and Islam at 1% each.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (35%) and Not stated (16%).
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.9%
- Anglican 9.0%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA53/remote-australia/topic/religion