42.1% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 55% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 42.1%
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.
About 42.1% of people in Major Urban report having no religion, placing the area around the middle for its level. This figure is well above the national average, reflecting a significant shift in spiritual identity over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion now make up 42.1% of the population, a figure that rose by 17 points since 2011. Christianity follows closely at 41.8%, with other common faiths including Islam at 3.1%, Buddhism at 2.6%, and Hinduism at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 41.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.6%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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/SOS50/major-urban/topic/religion