46.1% ▲ +89.3%
Higher than 66% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
100,000 to 249,999 · Section of State Range
Religion in 100,000 to 249,999
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in belief has occurred in 100,000 to 249,999, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped 22 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly half the population (46.1%) identifies as non-religious, making this area much less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
With 46.1% of people claiming no religion, this figure is well above the Australian average of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 42.6%, followed by Hinduism (1.4%), Islam (1.3%) and Buddhism (1.1%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →100,000 to 249,999 splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 45.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 8.0%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 100,000 to 249,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR203/100-000-to-249-999/topic/religion