38.5% ▲ +61.0%
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northern Territory · State / Territory
Religion in Northern Territory
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Forty per cent of people in the Northern Territory identify as Christian, making it the most common faith in the region. While a significant number of residents now claim no religion, this shift is part of a broader national trend. The region's religious landscape is diverse, with small communities of Hindus, Buddhists, and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.5% of residents have no religion, a figure that rose 15 points since 2011 and is about the same as the national rate. This group is slightly smaller than in most other similar areas, while Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 40.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northern Territory splits fairly evenly between Christianity (40%) and No religion (38%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Other Christian 7.5%
- Anglican 6.0%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 38.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.5%
- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Northern Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/7/northern-territory/topic/religion