46.8% ▲ +67.0%
Higher than 70% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 46.8%
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.
Nearly half of the people in the Remainder of State/Territory report having no religion. This is a striking shift for the region, with the number of people claiming no faith rising by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 46.8%, the share of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 41.3%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Islam each account for 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 46.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 11.1%
- Other Christian 10.4%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Uniting Church 7.7%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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/SOSR431/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion