28.1% ▲ +83.7%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Southern Downs - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Southern Downs - East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify with no religion in Southern Downs - East than in most similar areas. While the number of people with no faith has risen to 28.1% since 2011, the area remains much more religious than the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith here at 61.6%. This helps explain why the 28.1% of people reporting no religion is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2% and the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Southern Downs - East, Christianity is the majority at 61%; No religion is next at 28%.
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- Catholic 20.8%
- Anglican 20.4%
- Uniting Church 7.9%
- Other Christian 7.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 27.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Southern Downs - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031185/southern-downs-east/topic/religion