49.5% ▲ +98.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Petrie · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Petrie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Petrie report having no religion, a figure that is far above the national average. This reflects a clear shift in the area's spiritual landscape, with the non-religious group now the largest single category of residents.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.5% of residents have no religion, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 41.2%. Christians make up the next largest group at 43.7%, followed by small numbers of Buddhists at 0.8% and Hindus at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Petrie, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (44%) and Not stated (5%).
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- No religion 48.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Anglican 10.4%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Baptist 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32303/petrie/topic/religion