48.1% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gold Coast Hinterland · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Gold Coast Hinterland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Gold Coast Hinterland now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area's lack of religious affiliation much higher than most similar regions and well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 48.1% of the population, which is well above the 38.9% figure for Australia. The remaining residents are mostly Christian at 40.6%, while Buddhists, other faiths, and Hindus make up smaller proportions of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gold Coast Hinterland, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 13.7%
- Anglican 12.7%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Gold Coast Hinterland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30904/gold-coast-hinterland/topic/religion