45.8% —
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gladstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Gladstone
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people claiming no religion has reshaped Gladstone since 2016, with that group growing by 16 percentage points. Now, nearly 46% of the population does not identify with any faith, making this one of the most non-religious areas in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 46% of residents now report no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 43.1%, while smaller groups include Buddhists and Hindus at 0.7% each.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.4%
- Anglican 12.2%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30805/gladstone/topic/religion