42.4% ▲ +79.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Blackwater · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Blackwater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Blackwater now report having no religion, reflecting a broader shift across the region. This group now makes up 42.4% of the population, slightly edging out Christianity as the most common response.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 42.4% of residents with no religion is a little above the Queensland figure and well above the national average. Those identifying with Christianity follow closely at 38.7%, while Buddhism and Hinduism represent smaller groups at 0.9% and 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Blackwater splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 17%.
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- No religion 41.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 10.2%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Blackwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30281/blackwater/topic/religion