49.0% ▲ +84.9%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North East · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in North East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in North East now identify as having no religion, reflecting a sharp shift in spiritual life over the last decade. This lack of religious affiliation is far more common here than across Australia, where the national figure is 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 49% of residents claim no religion, Christianity remains the next most common faith at 41.1%. The number of people with no religion has risen steeply, climbing 23 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In North East, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 48.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 19.2%
- Catholic 10.7%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60203/north-east/topic/religion