34.1% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rainbow · Urban Centre
Religion in Rainbow
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Rainbow now report having no religion, with the figure rising 7.6 percentage points since 2011. This shift has seen the proportion of residents without a faith reach 34.1%, though this remains well below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of the people here, 51.7%, identify as Christians. While those with no religion now make up 34.1% of the population, this is still much lower than the 38.9% seen across Australia.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rainbow, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Other Christian 13.8%
- Anglican 11.9%
- Catholic 10.7%
- Uniting Church 10.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Baptist 1.8%
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- No religion 34.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Rainbow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222077/rainbow/topic/religion