38.8% ▲ +97.1%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Chermside · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Chermside
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 19 percentage points in those with no religion has shifted the spiritual landscape of Chermside since 2011. While 41.2% of people now identify as Christians, a growing number of residents have moved away from organized faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.8% of people here have no religion, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average. This group sits alongside those identifying with Hinduism (5.1%), Buddhism (2.4%), and Islam (1.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Chermside splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (39%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- No religion 38.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.1%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021028/chermside/topic/religion