50.6% ▲ +70.4%
Higher than 96% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Other Urban · Section of State
Religion in Other Urban
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Other Urban report having no religion, making it the most common response for this area. This shift is striking, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 50.6%, the proportion of people with no religion is far above the Australian figure of 38.9% and among the highest for similar areas. Christianity is the next most common faith at 39.6%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Islam each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Other Urban, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 40%.
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- No religion 50.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 12.1%
- Other Christian 8.7%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Uniting Church 6.4%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS41/other-urban/topic/religion