42.2% ▲ +83.0%
Higher than 55% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 42.2%
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.
Major Urban sits around the middle of similar areas for its religious makeup. A significant shift is happening here, with the share of people reporting no religion climbing by 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.2%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.4%, though the 42.2% who claim no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other groups include Hindus at 1.8%, Buddhists at 1.7%, and Muslims at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 10.2%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.0%
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- No religion 41.6%
- 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/SOS30/major-urban/topic/religion