40.9% ▲ +57.1%
Lower than 52% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 40.9%
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.
A shift toward secularism has defined Major Urban, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped 15 points since 2011. Now, 40.9% of the population claim no religious affiliation, which is a little above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 40.9% of the area, while 37.2% identify with a Christian faith. Other common affiliations include Hinduism at 4.2%, Buddhism at 3.1%, and Islam at 2.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between No religion (41%) and Christianity (37%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 40.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.7%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Orthodox 3.5%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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/SOS70/major-urban/topic/religion