40.7% ▲ +70.4%
Higher than 50% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cairns · Region (SA4)
Religion in Cairns
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significant shift toward secularism defines Cairns, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 17 percentage points since 2011. Now, 40.7% of the population identifies as non-religious, making it a key feature of the city's spiritual landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 44.3%. While the proportion of people with no religion is about the same as the Queensland figure, it is a little above the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cairns splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 20.1%
- Anglican 10.9%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/306/cairns/topic/religion