43.7% ▲ +104.9%
Higher than 55% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range
Religion in 20,000 to 49,999
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 44% of people in 20,000 to 49,999 report having no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This shift is part of a major trend, as the number of non-religious residents has jumped 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 46.3%, while those with no religion make up 43.7% of the population. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.8% and Hinduism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →20,000 to 49,999 splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 16.0%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR312/20-000-to-49-999/topic/religion