45.8% ▲ +81.6%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whitsunday · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Whitsunday
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Whitsunday report having no religion, making it a far more secular area than the national average. This shift is stark, as the number of people claiming no faith has surged by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.8% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the 41.2% seen in Queensland and the 38.9% national average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.3%, while Buddhism is followed by other religions and Hinduism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Whitsunday, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (13%).
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.6%
- Anglican 11.1%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31203/whitsunday/topic/religion