46.7% ▲ +81.9%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
The Gap · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in The Gap
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in beliefs has seen the number of people with no religion in The Gap rise by 21 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly half the population identifies as non-religious, which is a much higher proportion than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 46.7% of the area, well above the 38.9% seen across Australia. This group is almost as large as the 46.9% of residents who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →The Gap splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (47%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 23.8%
- Anglican 10.3%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 46.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304041103/the-gap/topic/religion