43.7% ▲ +65.9%
Higher than 64% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rural Balance · Section of State
Religion in Rural Balance
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Rural Balance report no religion compared to the national figure. Roughly 43.7% of the population identify as non-religious, which is well above the Australian average of 38.9%. This shift is part of a larger trend, as the number of people with no religion has climbed significantly since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 43.7% of the area, a figure that rose 17 percentage points since 2011. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.5%, while Buddhism, other religions and Islam are all recorded at 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Rural Balance splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 15%.
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- No religion 43.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.7%
- Anglican 13.1%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS53/rural-balance/topic/religion