Major Urban · Section of State

Religion in Major Urban

Name: Religion in Major Urban — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.

Christianity remains the most common faith in Major Urban, where 40.2% of people identify with the religion. While many residents still hold a faith, those reporting no religion have increased significantly since 2011. This shift reflects a broader national trend toward secularism.

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📍 Major Urban, Section of State

Religious affiliation

The mix of religions, and people with no religion.

People with no religion now make up 37.6% of the population, a figure that rose by 14 points since 2011. This is a little below the national figure of 38.9% and is lower than most similar areas. Other common faiths include Islam at 5.2%, Hinduism at 4.1%, and Buddhism at 3.9%.

Religious affiliation

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Major Urban splits fairly evenly between Christianity (40%) and No religion (38%), with Not stated at 6%.

Christianity 40%
- Catholic 20.8%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Orthodox 4.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
No religion 38%
- No religion 37.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
Not stated 6%
Islam 5%
Hinduism 4%
Buddhism 4%
Other religions 2%
- Sikhism 1.6%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Judaism 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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS20/major-urban/topic/religion