35.6% ▲ +110.6%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Runaway Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Runaway Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 19 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks a major shift for Runaway Bay. While this trend is common, the area remains more religious than most other places in Australia. Over half of the residents still identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 54.6%, while 35.6% of people have no religion. This last figure is well below the national average of 38.9% and the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Runaway Bay, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 20.1%
- Anglican 18.5%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Orthodox 1.9%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 35.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular 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 Runaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309031240/runaway-bay/topic/religion