48.2% ▲ +637.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rainbow Flat · Urban Centre
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift in belief has seen the number of people with no religion in Rainbow Flat climb by 42 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, making this a much more secular community than the state and national averages.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is now likely to have no religion, at 48.2%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. This contrasts with the 44.5% of people who identify as Christians.
48.2% ▲ +637.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rainbow Flat splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Rainbow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122113/rainbow-flat/topic/religion