42.7% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Oxley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Oxley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Oxley report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a significant shift in the area's spiritual makeup over the last decade. While Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 45.4%, the number of residents without a faith has grown steadily.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.7%. This is slightly below the figure for the ACT, but much higher than the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Oxley splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 10.8%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 42.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071086/oxley/topic/religion