36.8% —
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rockhampton · Urban Centre
Religion in Rockhampton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of Rockhampton residents identify as Christians, making the city more religious than most other Australian areas. While the number of people with no religion has risen sharply to 36.8%, this remains well below the Queensland figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 51.5% of people in Rockhampton are Christian, with smaller groups following Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Those reporting no religion now make up 36.8% of the population, a figure that rose 14 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rockhampton, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 23.0%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 36.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL311004/rockhampton/topic/religion