36.7% ▲ +81.1%
Lower than 76% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Religion in Remainder of State/Territory
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Remainder of State/Territory identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group. While faith remains central for many, the number of residents claiming no religion has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 50.1%, while those with no religion make up 36.7%. This last group is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the national figure, though it rose 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Christianity is the majority at 50%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 14.3%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 36.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR331/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion