41.8% ▲ +82.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Brisbane · Urban Centre
Religion in Brisbane
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A mix of traditional and secular beliefs shapes daily life in Brisbane, where 44.1% of people identify as Christian. The area is seeing a shift in how people view faith, with a large and growing number of residents now reporting no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is now reported by 41.8% of the population, a figure that rose 19 points since 2011. This is slightly above the national figure of 38.9% and about the same as Queensland's 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Brisbane splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 9.3%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.1%
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- No religion 41.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL301001/brisbane/topic/religion