32.8% ▲ +51.3%
Lower than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Toowoomba · Urban Area
Religion in Toowoomba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 11 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks a shifting spiritual landscape in Toowoomba. While this number has grown, the city remains far more religious than most other areas across the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 55%, while those with no religion make up 32.8%. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9% and the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Toowoomba, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Anglican 14.2%
- Other Christian 10.8%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 32.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 1.9%
- Sikhism 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3016/toowoomba/topic/religion