30.1% —
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canberra East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Canberra East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people report having no religion in Canberra East than in most similar areas. While 31.3% of residents identify as Christians, the share of those with no religious affiliation is well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 30.1% of people here have no religion, which is far below the ACT's 44.2% and well below the Australian average. This figure rose slightly by 1.0 percentage point since 2016, while other groups include Islam at 3.4% and Buddhism at 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Canberra East splits fairly evenly between Christianity (32%) and Not stated (31%), with No religion at 30%.
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- Catholic 13.0%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 30.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Canberra East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801031113/canberra-east/topic/religion