49.2% ▲ +171.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Broken Hill · Urban Centre
Religion in Broken Hill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Broken Hill report having no religion, making it the most common response for this area. This shift is dramatic, with the number of non-religious residents jumping 31 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 49.2%, the share of people with no religion is far above the national figure of 38.9% and much higher than in most other areas. Christianity is the next most common group at 39.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Broken Hill, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 48.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 8.7%
- Uniting Church 6.1%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113003/broken-hill/topic/religion