20.1% ▲ +145.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Bourke
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Bourke have identified with a religion in 2021 than in previous censuses. This reflects a strong local trend where religious faith remains a core part of life for about 80% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Most residents follow Christianity at 59.9%. Only 20.1% of people report no religion, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bourke, Christianity is the majority at 60%; No religion is next at 20%.
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- Catholic 37.7%
- Anglican 12.7%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 20.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
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 Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10520/bourke/topic/religion