45.1% ▲ +85.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Margate
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Margate reports having no religion, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This reflects a shift in the community's beliefs, with 45.1% of residents now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The most common identity is no religion at 45.1%, which is much higher than the 38.9% seen across Australia. Christianity follows closely at 44.3%, while Buddhism is held by 1.1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Margate splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 44.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Anglican 12.2%
- Other Christian 6.2%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31764/margate/topic/religion