45.4% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Charles · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Charles
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Charles report having no religion. This shift is a major part of the local story, with the number of people identifying as non-religious rising by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 45.4% of the population, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 38.5% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common group at 40.5%, followed by other religions at 1.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Charles splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 44.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 16.3%
- Other Christian 10.6%
- Anglican 4.5%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 1.0%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
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 Charles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011045/charles/topic/religion