44.5% ▲ +80.1%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bulimba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Bulimba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no religion is the main story for Bulimba, where this group has grown by 20 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 45% of the population now identifies as non-religious, making it much more likely for residents here to have no faith than in most other areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.6% of residents are Christian, the number of people with no religion is 44.5%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.9%, Islam at 0.5% and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bulimba splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 13.6%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 44.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Bulimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305021114/bulimba/topic/religion