44.2% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 67% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 44.2%
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 significant 44.2% of people in Major Urban report having no religion, which is well above the national figure. This shift is a major trend for the area, with the number of people claiming no faith rising by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.2% of the population, a figure higher than most similar areas. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 38.1%, Hinduism at 4.5%, Islam at 3.2%, and Buddhism at 2.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Major Urban, the largest group is No religion at 44%, followed by Christianity (38%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 43.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
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- Sikhism 1.0%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS80/major-urban/topic/religion