20.5% ▲ +134.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Thursday Island · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Thursday Island
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion on Thursday Island compared to most other areas. This is a deeply religious community where 68.4% of residents follow a faith, leaving only 20.5% with no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the most common faith here, while other religions, Islam and Buddhism each account for about 1% or less of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Thursday Island, Christianity is the majority at 68%; No religion is next at 20%.
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- Anglican 31.9%
- Catholic 14.2%
- Pentecostal 11.0%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 20.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 1.0%
- Sikhism 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 Thursday Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32823/thursday-island/topic/religion