52.1% ▲ +70.3%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 52.1%
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.
Over half of the people in Very Remote Australia report having no religion, a figure that has climbed sharply in recent years. This trend makes the region's lack of religious affiliation far higher than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A majority of residents (52.1%) claim no religion, which is 13 percentage points higher than the Australian figure and represents a 21 point rise since 2011. Other major affiliations include Christianity at 35.8%, while Buddhism, Islam and other faiths each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 51.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
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- Anglican 15.8%
- Catholic 10.6%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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/RA64/very-remote-australia/topic/religion