36.8% ▲ +64.3%
Lower than 70% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 36.8%
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.
Christianity remains the most common faith in Other Urban, where 43.5% of residents identify with a religion. While no religion is now the second most frequent response, the area is slightly more religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people reporting no religion rose 14 points since 2011 to reach 36.8%, though this is still a little below the Australian figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with 4.6% of the population following other religions, including Hinduism at 1.9% and Buddhism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is Christianity at 43%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Other Christian 10.4%
- Uniting Church 6.1%
- Anglican 5.7%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 36.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 3.4%
- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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/SOS71/other-urban/topic/religion