32.7% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Toowoomba · Urban Centre
Religion in Toowoomba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Toowoomba now report having no religion, with that group rising by 7.2 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains far more religious than the national average, with over half the population identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 53.4% of people here identify as Christian, while 32.7% have no religion. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9% and the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Toowoomba, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 19.8%
- Anglican 13.6%
- Other Christian 10.3%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 32.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 2.4%
- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 Toowoomba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL303002/toowoomba/topic/religion