38.3% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Smithtown - Gladstone · Urban Centre
Religion in Smithtown - Gladstone
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise in people reporting no faith has shaped the spiritual landscape of Smithtown - Gladstone. While 38.3% of residents now claim no religion, the area remains more traditional than many similar places. Most of the community still identifies with a faith, mainly Christianity.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population is Christian (51.8%), though the number of people with no religion rose 7.4 percentage points since 2011. At 38.3%, this group is now well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Smithtown - Gladstone, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 20.6%
- Anglican 17.3%
- Uniting Church 7.5%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 38.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Smithtown - Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121103/smithtown-gladstone/topic/religion