44.5% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 59% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
500 or more · Section of State Range
Religion in 500 or more
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from formal faith defines the spiritual landscape of 500 or more, where nearly 45% of people now report no religion. This trend has accelerated quickly, making the area much less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.5% of the population, a figure that is well above the Australian average and rose by 17 percentage points since 2011. Christianity remains common at 39.6%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism represent a very small minority.
Religious affiliation
View on map →500 or more splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 14%.
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- No religion 44.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.0%
- Anglican 12.2%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR521/500-or-more/topic/religion