40.3% ▲ +69.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Palmerston · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Palmerston
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 40% of people in Palmerston report having no religion, placing the area around the middle for its level compared to similar places. This figure is slightly above the national average, though it sits well below the level seen across the ACT.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 40.4%, closely followed by those with no religion at 40.3%. Other notable groups include Islam and Buddhism, both at 4.6%, and Hinduism at 3.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Palmerston splits fairly evenly between Christianity (40%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 18.1%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Orthodox 2.8%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 39.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80107/palmerston/topic/religion