40.4% ▲ +31.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nhulunbuy · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Nhulunbuy
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Four in ten people in Nhulunbuy report having no religion, making it the most common response for residents. This reflects a broader trend where a plurality of the community does not identify with any particular faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.4% of people have no religion, which is a little above both the Northern Territory (38.5%) and national (38.9%) figures. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 32.7%, while other religions, including Islam and Buddhism, each account for less than 2% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nhulunbuy, the largest group is No religion at 40%, followed by Christianity (33%) and Not stated (23%).
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- No religion 39.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 12.9%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Uniting Church 5.0%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Nhulunbuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70208/nhulunbuy/topic/religion