44.2% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 66% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Religion in Major Cities of Australia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 5.3 percentage points separates the major cities of Australia from the national average in terms of non-religious residents. While nearly 44.2% of people here claim no religion, this figure has climbed quickly from 28.9% in 2011. This shift makes the urban centers significantly more secular than the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 44.2%, which is well above the national figure. Other major groups include Christians at 38.1%, Hindus at 4.5%, Muslims at 3.2%, and Buddhists at 2.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, the largest group is No religion at 44%, followed by Christianity (38%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 43.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
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- Sikhism 1.0%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA80/major-cities-of-australia/topic/religion