43.1% ▲ +61.2%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Chapel Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Chapel Hill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is clear in Chapel Hill, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 16 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 43% of residents now claim no faith, making it a more secular area than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46% of residents identify as Christian, those with no religion now make up 43.1% of the population. This figure is well above the Australian average of 38.9% and slightly higher than the Queensland figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Chapel Hill splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 17.9%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Baptist 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 42.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304021088/chapel-hill/topic/religion