44.9% ▲ +79.8%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ipswich - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Ipswich - Central
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Ipswich - Central claim no religion compared to most similar areas. This shift has been dramatic over the last decade, with the number of people reporting no faith jumping by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 45% of residents now have no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. This is the most common response, followed closely by Christianity at 43.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ipswich - Central splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 44.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 10.0%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Ipswich - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310031286/ipswich-central/topic/religion