43.5% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Stafford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Stafford
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Stafford claim no religion compared to the national average, with 43.5% of the population falling into this group. This shift is part of a major trend in the area, as the number of people without a faith has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 45.3% of residents identify as Christian, those with no religion now make up 43.5% of the community. This figure is well above the Australian average and has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Stafford splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 25.8%
- Anglican 8.0%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 42.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Stafford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021032/stafford/topic/religion