45.7% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Hughes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Hughes identify as having no religion, making it a more secular area than most of the country. This shift reflects a broader trend where non-religious views are now more common than any single faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.7% of residents report no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christians make up the next largest group at 41%, followed by smaller communities of Hindus (3.4%), Buddhists (3.0%), and Muslims (1.1%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Hughes splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 44.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.1%
- Anglican 10.9%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- 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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80076/hughes/topic/religion