51.4% ▲ +68.3%
Higher than 96% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 51.4%
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 people in the Remainder of State/Territory report having no religion. This represents a major shift in the region's spiritual landscape, with the number of non-religious residents climbing by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 51.4% of residents reporting no religion is far above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is the largest in the area, followed by Christians at 38.4%, while Buddhism, other religions and Islam each account for less than 1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 50.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 15.3%
- Catholic 11.4%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- 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/SOSR631/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion