35.7% ▲ +55.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Religion in The Gap
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in The Gap identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the country. While 38.9% of Australians report no religion, the figure here is well below that at 35.7%. This makes it an area where religious affiliation is more common than in most other places.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.4%, while 3.5% of residents follow Hinduism. Other groups include Buddhism at 2.2% and other religions at 3.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In The Gap, the largest group is Christianity at 41%, followed by No religion (36%) and Not stated (13%).
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Other Christian 9.7%
- Anglican 3.7%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- No religion 34.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 2.4%
- Other religious groups 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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70253/the-gap/topic/religion