28.0% ▲ +190.4%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Parkes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Parkes than in most similar areas. While this figure rose by 18 percentage points since 2011 to reach 28%, it remains well below both the state and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Most people here identify with Christianity at 62.9%. Those with no religion make up 28% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parkes, Christianity is the majority at 63%; No religion is next at 28%.
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- Catholic 26.0%
- Anglican 21.0%
- Uniting Church 5.3%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 27.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021067/parkes/topic/religion