48.3% —
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Scarborough (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Scarborough (North Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Scarborough describe themselves as having no religion, making it a place where non-faith is much more common than in most other areas. This shift is clear in the recent data, with the number of people reporting no religion jumping by 10 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 48.3%, which is well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common at 40.8%, while Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Scarborough (North Metropolitan), the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 47.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 10.0%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54804/scarborough/topic/religion