39.4% ▲ +79.3%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cairns · State Electorate
Religion in Cairns
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Cairns, where 41.1% of people identify with the religion. This reflects a diverse spiritual landscape where nearly 40% of the population now claim no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 39.4% of the population, a figure that has risen 17 points since 2011. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 41.2% and about the same as the national rate of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cairns splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (39%), with Not stated at 13%.
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 9.5%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 38.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30014/cairns/topic/religion