40.7% ▲ +90.1%
Higher than 51% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wide Bay · Region (SA4)
Religion in Wide Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Wide Bay now report having no faith, though nearly half the population still identifies as Christian. This shift is clear in the latest data, where those without a religion have nearly doubled since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.2%, but 40.7% of residents now claim no religion. This last group is a little above the national figure and has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wide Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 14.8%
- Anglican 14.4%
- Other Christian 7.6%
- Uniting Church 5.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 40.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/319/wide-bay/topic/religion