41.9% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Forrest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Forrest now identify as having no religion than in previous years. While 41.9% of residents report no religious affiliation, Christianity remains the most common faith at 46.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%, though it sits a little below the ACT average of 44.2%. Other faiths are present in smaller numbers, including Hinduism at 2.7%, Buddhism at 1.6%, and Islam at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forrest splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Orthodox 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 41.6%
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- 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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80057/forrest/topic/religion