32.5% ▲ +59.8%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Religion in Not in any Significant Urban Area
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Not in any Significant Urban Area (NT) identify as Christian, making it a more religious region than the rest of the country. While those with no religion have increased to 32.5% since 2011, this figure remains well below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.5%, while those with no religion make up 32.5% of the population. This lack of religious affiliation is well below the 38.9% seen across Australia, though it has risen by 12 points over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (33%) and Not stated (16%).
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- Catholic 14.1%
- Other Christian 11.7%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Uniting Church 6.5%
- Baptist 4.1%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 32.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 4.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/religion