25.2% ▲ +153.5%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forbes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Forbes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Forbes, where 64.2% of residents identify with a Christian denomination. While the number of people reporting no religion has climbed over the last decade, the area remains far more religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 64.2% of people identify as Christian, while 25.2% report no religion. This last group is much lower than the national figure of 38.9%, although the proportion of residents with no faith rose by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Forbes, Christianity is the majority at 64%; No religion is next at 25%.
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- Catholic 31.4%
- Anglican 21.3%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 25.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Sikhism 0.0%
- Other religious groups 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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021065/forbes/topic/religion