31.9% ▲ +77.6%
Lower than 83% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Major Urban · Section of State
Religion in Major Urban
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Major Urban, where 45.8% of people identify with the religion. While the number of people claiming no religion has climbed since 2011, this group remains much smaller here than in most other similar areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 31.9% of residents have no religion, a figure that is well below the national average of 38.9%. Other significant groups include Islam at 5.9%, Hinduism at 4.5%, and Buddhism at 3.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Major Urban, the largest group is Christianity at 46%, followed by No religion (32%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 9.5%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Orthodox 3.9%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 31.4%
- 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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS10/major-urban/topic/religion