47.1% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Noosa Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Noosa Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Noosa Heads now report having no religion. This shift is a defining feature of the area's identity, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.1% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 42.7%, while smaller groups include Buddhists at 1.2% and Jews at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Noosa Heads splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 46.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 14.0%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316051434/noosa-heads/topic/religion