46.5% ▲ +111.1%
Higher than 70% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gladstone · Urban Area
Religion in Gladstone
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Gladstone now identifies as having no religion. This shift has been rapid, with the number of non-religious people jumping by 24 percentage points since 2011 to reach 46.5%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is more likely to have no religion than those in the rest of Queensland or Australia. While 46.5% claim no faith, 42.8% identify as Christians, followed by small groups of Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Gladstone splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 46.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 11.6%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3006/gladstone/topic/religion