45.9% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 45.9%
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 46% of people in Not in any Significant Urban Area (ACT) report having no religion, making it the most common response. This represents a significant shift over the last decade, as the number of residents without a faith has risen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 45.9%, the share of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 36.9%, while Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (14%).
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- No religion 44.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.3%
- Anglican 9.3%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Sikhism 0.4%
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/8000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/religion