44.9% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 61% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
5,000 to 9,999 · Section of State Range
Religion in 5,000 to 9,999
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no faith has reshaped the spiritual landscape of 5,000 to 9,999. Nearly 45% of residents now claim no religion, a figure that has climbed 19 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much less religious than most similar regions.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 44.9% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now almost as large as the 44.6% who identify as Christians, while Buddhism, other faiths, and Hinduism each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.9%
- Anglican 10.7%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 5,000 to 9,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR214/5-000-to-9-999/topic/religion