41.2% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 55% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 41.2%
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.
More than 41% of people in the Remainder of State/Territory now report having no religion. This shift toward a non-religious identity is a key part of the area's changing social landscape, with the figure rising steadily over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.3%, though those with no religion follow closely at 41.2%. This non-religious group is slightly larger than the national figure and has grown by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Remainder of State/Territory splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 16%.
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- Catholic 19.1%
- Anglican 12.6%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 40.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
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/SOSR831/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion