39.9% ▲ +70.1%
Lower than 58% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 39.9%
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.
Nearly 40% of people in Rural Balance report having no religion, making it a place where non-religious views are now common. This shift is part of a broader trend where the number of people without a faith has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 39.9% of the population, a figure that rose 16 percentage points since 2011. This group is now slightly larger than those identifying as Christians, who account for 39.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Rural Balance splits fairly evenly between No religion (40%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 17%.
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- No religion 39.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 13.7%
- Other Christian 9.6%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Aboriginal traditional 2.0%
- Other religious groups 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/SOS73/rural-balance/topic/religion