47.8% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cairns - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Cairns - North
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the people in Cairns - North report having no religion, making it a much more secular area than most of the country. This shift is stark, as the number of residents without a faith has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 47.8%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity follows at 41.0%, while Buddhism is the next most common faith at 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cairns - North, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 47.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Cairns - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30601/cairns-north/topic/religion