35.0% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Charters Towers · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Charters Towers
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Charters Towers than in most similar areas. While the number of people without a faith has grown, nearly half of the population still identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.2%, while those with no religion make up 35.0%. This last group is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%, though it has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Charters Towers, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (35%) and Not stated (15%).
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 13.3%
- Uniting Church 7.8%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 34.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011462/charters-towers/topic/religion