27.8% ▲ +140.2%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dubbo · Urban Area
Religion in Dubbo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism has grown in Dubbo, with the number of people reporting no religion rising by 16 percentage points since 2011. Despite this change, the area remains more religious than most of the country, with 56.6% of residents identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 27.8% who claim no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%. Other common faiths in the area include Hinduism at 3.0% and Islam at 1.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dubbo, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 28%.
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- Catholic 26.2%
- Anglican 17.3%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 27.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Dubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1012/dubbo/topic/religion