38.2% ▲ +46.9%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cairns City · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Cairns City
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people in Cairns City identify with a religion compared to most similar areas. While 38.2% of residents report no religion, this figure has climbed by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is more likely to be non-religious than those in Queensland, where the figure is 41.2%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 31.5%, followed by Buddhists at 2.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cairns City, the largest group is No religion at 38%, followed by Christianity (31%) and Not stated (24%).
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- No religion 37.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 14.7%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Sikhism 1.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Cairns City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021145/cairns-city/topic/religion