54.2% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Acton · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Acton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism is clear in Acton, where over half the population now reports having no religion. This makes the area far less religious than the rest of the territory and the nation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half the people here (54.2%) have no religion, a figure far above the 44.2% seen across the ACT. For those with a faith, Christianity is the most common at 18.0%, followed by Hinduism at 2.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Acton, No religion is the majority at 54%; Not stated is next at 20%.
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- No religion 52.3%
- Secular beliefs 2.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 9.3%
- Anglican 4.5%
- Other Christian 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80017/acton/topic/religion