43.7% ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 67% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brisbane - West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Brisbane - West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 43% of people in Brisbane - West now report having no religion, reflecting a significant shift in how residents identify. This reflects a broader trend toward secularism in the region, where the number of people with no religious affiliation has climbed steadily over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to be Christian (44.8%) or have no religion (43.7%), with the latter being well above the national figure. This secular shift is striking, as the share of people reporting no religion rose by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brisbane - West splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 19.8%
- Anglican 10.4%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Brisbane - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/304/brisbane-west/topic/religion