39.8% ▲ +74.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Scarborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Scarborough identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. This spiritual landscape is balanced by a large group of residents who claim no faith, mirroring trends seen across the state and country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most widespread faith at 51.8%, while 39.8% of residents report no religion. This figure is a little below the Queensland average and about the same as the national one.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Scarborough, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 22.4%
- Anglican 13.5%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 39.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32524/scarborough/topic/religion