41.3% ▲ +58.6%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Darwin · Urban Area
Religion in Darwin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A little more than four in ten people in Darwin report having no religion, which is slightly above the national figure. This shift is part of a larger trend, as the number of non-religious residents has jumped 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 41.3%, followed by Christianity at 37.2%. Other groups include Hinduism at 4.1%, Buddhism at 3.0%, and Islam at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Darwin splits fairly evenly between No religion (41%) and Christianity (37%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 40.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Orthodox 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7002/darwin/topic/religion