42.0% ▲ +108.9%
Lower than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brisbane · Urban Area
Religion in Brisbane
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Brisbane report having no religion than the national figure, with 42% of the population now falling into this group. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the number of residents with no religious affiliation has surged since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is now reported by 42% of residents, a figure that has risen 22 points since 2011 and is well above the Australian average. Christianity is the most common affiliation at 44.2%, followed by Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, each at around 2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brisbane splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.7%
- Anglican 9.6%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.1%
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- No religion 41.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3002/brisbane/topic/religion