29.3% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cairns City · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cairns City
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Cairns City compared to most similar areas. This distinct profile sees nearly 30% of residents without a faith, a figure that sits well below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 29.3% of people report no religion, which is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Those with a faith are split mainly between Christianity at 27.5% and smaller groups of Hindus and Buddhists, both at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cairns City, the largest group is Not stated at 39%, followed by No religion (29%) and Christianity (28%).
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- No religion 29.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 14.0%
- Anglican 6.6%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Baptist 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Cairns City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30478/cairns-city/topic/religion