52.7% ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Freshwater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Freshwater report having no religion, which is a far higher proportion than the national figure. This shift is a key feature of the area's identity, with 52.7% of residents now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion is far above the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.0%, while Buddhism is followed by other religions and Hinduism.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Freshwater, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 51.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 10.5%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31087/freshwater/topic/religion