Southport · Suburb / Locality

Religion in Southport

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

More than four in ten people in Southport report no religious affiliation, making this the most common response in the area. This lack of religious ties is much more common here than across the Northern Territory or the rest of Australia.

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📍 Southport, Suburb / Locality

Religious affiliation

The mix of religions, and people with no religion.

About 43.3% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 26.0%, while Buddhism accounts for 1.4% of the population.

43.3%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 39.7%
  • 2021: 43.3%

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

Religious affiliation

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In Southport, the largest group is No religion at 43%, followed by Not stated (29%) and Christianity (26%).

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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70242/southport/topic/religion