52.3% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bowen Hills · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Bowen Hills
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of residents in Bowen Hills report having no religion, making it far less religious than most other areas. This shift toward secularism is striking, with 52.3% of people identifying as non-religious, which is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 52.3%, the share of people with no religion is far above the Queensland figure of 41.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 29.5%, Hinduism at 2.9%, Buddhism at 2.2%, and Islam at 1.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bowen Hills, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 29%.
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- No religion 51.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 4.5%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Sikhism 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 Bowen Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30343/bowen-hills/topic/religion