41.9% ▲ +55.1%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forrest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Forrest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 42% of people in Forrest report having no religion, a figure that has jumped by 15 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area more secular than the national average, though it remains slightly less so than the wider ACT.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.9%, followed by those with no religion at 41.9%. Smaller groups include Hindus (2.7%), Buddhists (1.6%), and Muslims (1.5%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forrest splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Orthodox 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 41.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061063/forrest/topic/religion