42.8% ▲ +81.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Southport · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Southport
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost 43% of people in Southport report having no religion, which is a much higher figure than the national average. This shift makes the area's spiritual landscape quite diverse, with those who identify as non-religious now forming the largest single group.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 42.8% of residents have no religion—a bit above the Queensland figure—Christianity remains common at 39.3%. Other faiths are also present, including Buddhism at 2.6%, Hinduism at 2.4% and Islam at 1.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Southport splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- No religion 42.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 9.6%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- 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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32611/southport/topic/religion