25.9% ▲ +154.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
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Religion in Forbes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 64% of people in Forbes identify as Christians, making it a place where faith is much more common than in the rest of the country. Far fewer people here describe themselves as having no religion compared to the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 64.2% of residents are Christian, only 25.9% report no religion, which is far below the Australian figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.4% and Hinduism at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Forbes, Christianity is the majority at 64%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 32.3%
- Anglican 21.0%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 25.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11539/forbes/topic/religion