43.6% ▲ +55.7%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canberra - Queanbeyan · Urban Area
Religion in Canberra - Queanbeyan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from traditional faith is evident in Canberra - Queanbeyan, where 43.6% of people now claim no religion. This figure is well above the national average, reflecting a broader trend of declining religious affiliation across the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Since 2011, the proportion of people with no religion has risen by 16 percentage points to 43.6%. While this is about the same as the ACT average, it remains much higher than the national figure. The most common affiliations are no religion (43.6%) and Christianity (39.0%), followed by Hinduism at 4.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Canberra - Queanbeyan splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 42.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.6%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- Sikhism 1.0%
- 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 Canberra - Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/8001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/religion