41.8% ▲ +82.5%
Lower than 52% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Religion in 1 million or more
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly higher proportion of people here report no religion compared to the national figure. In 1 million or more, 41.8% of the population identify as non-religious, which is 3 percentage points above the Australian average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.1%, while those with no religion make up 41.8% of the area. This non-religious group has grown significantly, rising 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →1 million or more splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 9.3%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.1%
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- No religion 41.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR301/1-million-or-more/topic/religion