39.9% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Scarborough - Newport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Scarborough - Newport
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Scarborough - Newport identify as Christian, making it a relatively traditional area. This faith remains the dominant affiliation for the community, while roughly four in ten residents now report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 52.4%, followed by those with no religion at 39.9%. This last group is slightly lower than the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Scarborough - Newport, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 13.7%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 39.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- 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 Scarborough - Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313051575/scarborough-newport/topic/religion