27.2% ▲ +133.6%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
Diverse faith traditions shape the daily life of Not in any Significant Urban Area (OT), where nearly 30% of the population identifies as Christian. The area is notably less likely to be non-religious than the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 29.8%, followed by Islam at 16.1% and Buddhism at 5.6%. While those with no religion make up 27.2% of the population—a figure that rose 16 points since 2011—this is still far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Not in any Significant Urban Area splits fairly evenly between Christianity (30%) and No religion (27%), with Not stated at 20%.
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- Anglican 12.1%
- Catholic 8.3%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 27.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
- 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/9000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/religion