45.0% ▲ +102.1%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Riverhills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Riverhills
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Riverhills report having no religion compared to most other areas. This shift is striking, with the number of non-religious residents climbing 23 percentage points since 2011 to reach 45%. Only 43.3% of the population now identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population (45.0%) identifies with no religion, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Other common affiliations include Buddhism at 2.5%, Hinduism at 2.4%, and Islam at 1.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Riverhills splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 44.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 17.3%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Baptist 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Riverhills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304011083/riverhills/topic/religion