35.7% ▲ +104.5%
Lower than 78% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range
Religion in 20,000 to 49,999
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in 20,000 to 49,999 identify as having no religion compared to the national figure. While 35.7% of the population reports no faith, this is well below the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith here at 52.1%. The number of people with no religion has risen sharply by 18 percentage points since 2011, though it remains much lower than in most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In 20,000 to 49,999, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 16.6%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 35.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR112/20-000-to-49-999/topic/religion