50.6% ▲ +77.1%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Outer Regional Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Outer Regional Australia now report having no religion, a shift that has transformed the social landscape. This change is most evident in the rapid rise of those without faith, who now outnumber those identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 50.6%, which is far above the national figure of 38.9% and has risen 22 points since 2011. Christianity follows at 39.2%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and other faiths each account for around 0.5% or 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 14.7%
- Catholic 11.4%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA62/outer-regional-australia/topic/religion