38.0% ▲ +99.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Emerald · Urban Centre
Religion in Emerald
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith in Emerald, where nearly half of the population identifies with a religion. While the number of people reporting no faith has climbed steeply over the last decade, the area's religious makeup stays more traditional than much of Queensland.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.1% of residents identify as Christian, while 38.0% report no religion. This lack of religious affiliation is well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%, though it has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Emerald, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 10.5%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 37.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313004/emerald/topic/religion