49.4% ▲ +68.7%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Airlie - Whitsundays · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Airlie - Whitsundays
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Airlie - Whitsundays report having no religion, which is far above the national figure. This shift is the most striking trend for the area, as the number of people claiming no faith has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.4% of people here have no religion, a figure well above Queensland's 41.2%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 33.4%, while Buddhists make up 1.3% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Airlie - Whitsundays, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (33%) and Not stated (14%).
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- No religion 49.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 9.0%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Airlie - Whitsundays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312031359/airlie-whitsundays/topic/religion