38.6% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Atherton · Urban Centre
Religion in Atherton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Atherton is slightly more religious than the Queensland average, with 47.8% of people identifying as Christians. While a growing number of residents now claim no faith, the community remains more traditional than many other similar areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.6% of people have no religion, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the national average. This group has grown by 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Atherton, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (12%).
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 11.3%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 37.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314001/atherton/topic/religion