48.7% ▲ +75.7%
Higher than 82% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
500 or more · Section of State Range
Religion in 500 or more
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in 500 or more report having no religion. This makes the area much less religious than most similar places, with the share of people claiming no faith rising by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical resident of 500 or more is likely to have no religion (48.7%), which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 41.0%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each make up around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In 500 or more, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 48.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 10.8%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR221/500-or-more/topic/religion