43.4% ▲ +88.8%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gold Coast - Tweed Heads · Urban Area
Religion in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift toward secularism has defined Gold Coast - Tweed Heads, with the share of people reporting no religion jumping 20 percentage points since 2011. This trend has seen the area become more secular than the national average, with 43.4% of residents now claiming no faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.5% of people identify as Christians, while those with no religion make up 43.4% of the population. This latter group is well above the national figure of 38.9% and a little above Queensland's 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Gold Coast - Tweed Heads splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 1.0%
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- No religion 42.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3007/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/religion