41.9% ▲ +54.7%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Katherine · State Electorate
Religion in Katherine
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in Katherine now report having no religion. This reflects a significant shift in the town, as the number of people without a faith has jumped by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 41.9%, the proportion of residents with no religion is well above both the Northern Territory and national figures. Christianity is the next most common faith at 35.4%, followed by Hinduism at 2.5% and Buddhism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Katherine, the largest group is No religion at 42%, followed by Christianity (35%) and Not stated (17%).
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- No religion 41.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.4%
- Anglican 6.9%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Pentecostal 2.4%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/religion