43.4% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gladstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Gladstone
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in Gladstone report having no religion, a figure that has climbed sharply in recent years. This shift means a growing number of residents now identify as non-religious compared to the typical Queenslander.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 43.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure and rose by 14 points since 2016. Christianity remains common at 40.5%, while smaller groups include Hindus at 1.5% and Buddhists at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- No religion 42.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Anglican 10.2%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051534/gladstone/topic/religion