21.0% ▲ +74.0%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Arafura · State Electorate
Religion in Arafura
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people report having no religion in Arafura than in most similar areas. While the number of people without a faith rose by 8.9 percentage points since 2011, the area remains much more religious than the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 60% of people identify as Christian, while 21% report no religion. This last figure is far below the national figure of 38.9% and the Northern Territory's 38.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Arafura, Christianity is the majority at 60%; No religion is next at 21%.
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- Catholic 25.2%
- Other Christian 19.4%
- Uniting Church 10.4%
- Anglican 3.9%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.2%
- Baptist 0.2%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 20.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 6.8%
- Other religious groups 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 Arafura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70001/arafura/topic/religion