42.1% ▲ +58.4%
Higher than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 42.1%
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.
About 42.1% of people in Outer Regional Australia report having no religion, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This represents a significant shift in the region's spiritual landscape, with the number of non-religious residents climbing by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 42.1% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other major affiliations include Christianity at 36.9%, Hinduism at 3.7%, Buddhism at 3.0%, and Islam at 2.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is No religion at 42%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (11%).
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- No religion 41.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.2%
- Anglican 5.8%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Orthodox 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA72/outer-regional-australia/topic/religion