48.5% ▲ +177.6%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barron River · State Electorate
Religion in Barron River
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Barron River report having no religion, making it a place where secularly-minded residents are far more common than in most other areas. This shift is striking, as the number of people identifying as non-religious has climbed by 31 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.5% of the population has no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. While this group is the largest, 39.6% of residents still identify as Christian, followed by small numbers of Buddhists at 1.4% and Hindus at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barron River, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.2%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Barron River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30004/barron-river/topic/religion