Chapel Hill · Suburb / Locality

Religion in Chapel Hill

What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.

A far higher proportion of people claim no religion in Chapel Hill than in the rest of the state. With 63% of residents reporting no faith, this figure is 24 percentage points above the national average.

Open map →
📍 Chapel Hill, Suburb / Locality

Religious affiliation

The mix of religions, and people with no religion.

No religion is the most common response at 63%, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This contrasts with Christianity at 33.9% and Buddhism at 4.7%, while there are no residents identifying with Islam or Hinduism.

63.0% ▲ +96.9%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.0%
  • 2016: 47.7%
  • 2021: 63.0%

Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).

Religious affiliation

View on map →

In Chapel Hill, No religion is the majority at 59%; Christianity is next at 32%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Chapel Hill

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40243/chapel-hill/topic/religion