47.5% ▲ +84.5%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Thorneside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Thorneside
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Thorneside report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift toward a non-religious population is the defining trend for the area, with numbers rising significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.5% of people here have no religion, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 41.2%. This has been a steep climb, with the share of non-religious residents rising 22 percentage points since 2011. Those with a Christian faith make up 45.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Thorneside splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (46%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 47.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 12.6%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Thorneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301011005/thorneside/topic/religion