28.8% ▲ +73.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkes · Urban Centre
Religion in Parkes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Parkes have claimed they have no religion since 2011, though the area remains more spiritual than most. While the number of people with no faith has risen by 12 percentage points, 62.1% of the population still identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 28.8% of residents reporting no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas, even though the number has grown since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parkes, Christianity is the majority at 62%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 26.1%
- Anglican 21.0%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 28.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114024/parkes/topic/religion