43.7% ▲ +89.5%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Deception Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Deception Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Well above the national figure, 43.7% of people in Deception Bay report having no religion. This shift is a major part of the local story, as the number of people without a faith has climbed by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.2%, but those with no religion now make up 43.7% of the population. This is higher than most areas and sits a little above the Queensland figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Deception Bay splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 14.8%
- Anglican 12.4%
- Other Christian 8.1%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- 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 Deception Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313041373/deception-bay/topic/religion