47.5% ▲ +103.2%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sheldon - Mount Cotton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Sheldon - Mount Cotton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Sheldon - Mount Cotton now report having no religion, making it a much less religious area than most of the country. This shift has been rapid, with the number of non-religious residents climbing by 24 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost one in two people (47.5%) here have no religion, which is well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 47.0%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Hinduism each make up around 1% or less of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sheldon - Mount Cotton splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (47%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 47.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Anglican 11.9%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Baptist 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Sheldon - Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301021011/sheldon-mount-cotton/topic/religion