42.9% ▲ +65.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whitsundays · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Whitsundays
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, the Whitsundays has a population where no religion is the most common response. With 42.9% of people claiming no faith, it sits well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common affiliation at 42.9%, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Other main groups include Christianity at 26.9%, Buddhism at 1.8%, Islam at 0.9%, and Hinduism at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Whitsundays, the largest group is No religion at 43%, followed by Christianity (27%) and Not stated (26%).
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- No religion 42.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.7%
- Anglican 5.8%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Whitsundays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33066/whitsundays/topic/religion