42.8% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 52% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range
Religion in 20,000 to 49,999
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 17 percentage points since 2011 marks a shifting spiritual landscape in 20,000 to 49,999. More than four in ten residents now report having no religion, making this area's lack of affiliation well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.8% of people here have no religion, which is around the middle for similar areas. This group is larger than the Australian average of 38.9%, while 41.1% of the population still identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →20,000 to 49,999 splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 42.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Other Christian 10.3%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 1.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR712/20-000-to-49-999/topic/religion