23.2% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ayr · Urban Centre
Religion in Ayr
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people report having no religion in Ayr compared to most similar areas. While 64.4% of the population identify as Christian, only 23.2% have no religious affiliation, which is much lower than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is far below both the Queensland (41.2%) and Australian (38.9%) figures. This trend has barely changed since 2011, when the figure was 22.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ayr, Christianity is the majority at 65%; No religion is next at 23%.
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- Catholic 32.8%
- Anglican 12.9%
- Uniting Church 5.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Pentecostal 2.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 23.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314002/ayr/topic/religion