28.9% ▲ +93.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Longreach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Longreach identify as Christians, making it a more religious place than most of the country. This faith remains a strong presence here, while far fewer people report having no religion compared to the state and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 56.7%. Meanwhile, those with no religion make up 28.9% of the population, which is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2% and well below the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Longreach, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 24.5%
- Anglican 16.5%
- Uniting Church 6.8%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 28.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/religion