44.2% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 58% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 44.2%
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.
Roughly half of the people in 1 million or more report having no religion, placing the area around the middle compared to similar regions. This shift is part of a broader trend, with a significant number of residents moving away from traditional faith in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 44.2%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9% and rose 17 points since 2011. Christianity follows at 40.0%, while Islam (3.1%), Hinduism (2.9%), and Buddhism (2.4%) also make up the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →1 million or more splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 43.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Sikhism 1.3%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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/SOSR401/1-million-or-more/topic/religion