33.8% ▲ +85.7%
Lower than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Religion in Remainder of State/Territory
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Remainder of State/Territory identify as Christians. This is a large and diverse area where over 54% of residents follow a Christian faith. While the number of people claiming no religion has grown quickly, it remains lower here than in most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 54.3%, while 33.8% of people report no religion. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9%, even though the number of people with no religion rose by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 18.7%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 33.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR131/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion