44.2% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 67% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 44.2%
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.
More than four in ten people in Major Urban report having no religion, reflecting a significant shift in spiritual life here. This trend has seen a sharp rise over the last decade, making it a much less religious area than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.2% of the population, a figure that is well above the national 38.9% and has risen by 17 points since 2011. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 40.0%, Islam at 3.1%, Hinduism at 2.9%, and Buddhism at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 43.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Sikhism 1.3%
- 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/SOS40/major-urban/topic/religion