45.0% ▲ +71.0%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gympie · Urban Centre
Religion in Gympie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Gympie now report having no religion, which is a much higher proportion than in most other areas. This shift reflects a broader change in the community, as the number of non-religious residents has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 45.4% of the population identifies as Christian, those with no religion make up 45.0% of the area. This figure is well above the national average of 38.9% and has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Gympie splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 13.8%
- Anglican 11.7%
- Other Christian 8.4%
- Uniting Church 6.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313006/gympie/topic/religion