38.1% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 59% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 38.1%
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.
Roughly 38.1% of people in Very Remote Australia report having no religion, making it the largest single group in the region. While this matches the national figure, the number of people without a faith has grown significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 38.1% of the population, a figure that rose 14 points since 2011. Other major groups include Christians at 34.9%, with smaller numbers following Buddhism, Islam, and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Very Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between No religion (38%) and Christianity (35%), with Not stated at 24%.
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- No religion 37.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.8%
- Other Christian 8.5%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.3%
- Other religious groups 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA54/very-remote-australia/topic/religion