49.6% ▲ +81.3%
Higher than 88% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 49.6%
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.
A rapid shift away from organised faith has seen the proportion of people with no religion in Other Urban jump by 22 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half of the population now reports no religious affiliation, a figure far higher than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.6% of people here have no religion, which is much higher than most similar areas and 11 points above the Australian figure. Christianity is the next most common faith at 39.8%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 49.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 14.4%
- Catholic 12.1%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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/SOS61/other-urban/topic/religion