32.9% ▲ +111.6%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Toowoomba · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Toowoomba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people report having no religion in Toowoomba compared to most similar areas. While the number of people identifying as non-religious has risen significantly since 2011, the city remains much more religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population (54.7%) identifies as Christian, while those with no religion make up 32.9%. This last figure is well below the national average of 38.9%, despite it growing 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Toowoomba, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 19.8%
- Anglican 13.8%
- Other Christian 11.2%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 32.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 1.7%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31701/toowoomba/topic/religion