42.7% ▲ +122.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Thornlands · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Thornlands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Thornlands identify as Christian, making it a place where faith still plays a significant role in daily life. While about 42.7% of residents say they have no religion, the community remains split almost evenly between these two main groups.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9% and a little above the Queensland average. Christians make up 49.9% of the population, followed by smaller groups of Hindus at 0.9% and Buddhists at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Thornlands, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (4%).
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 42.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 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 Thornlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32815/thornlands/topic/religion