52.7% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newstead - Bowen Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Newstead - Bowen Hills
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates Newstead - Bowen Hills from the national average in its lack of religious affiliation. More than half the population now identifies as having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 52.7% of people here have no religion, which is far above the Queensland figure of 41.2% and among the highest rates for similar areas. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 31.9% felt this way; meanwhile, 33.7% of the area identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Newstead - Bowen Hills, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 34%.
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- No religion 51.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Newstead - Bowen Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031128/newstead-bowen-hills/topic/religion