30.9% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Southern Downs · State Electorate
Religion in Southern Downs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in Southern Downs identifies as Christian, making it a more religious area than much of the country. While the number of people claiming no religion has grown, the region remains far more traditional than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 57.7%. Only 30.9% of people report no religion, which is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2% and well below the 38.9% national average, though this group has risen 7.9 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Southern Downs, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Catholic 22.0%
- Anglican 18.9%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 30.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Southern Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30077/southern-downs/topic/religion