47.6% ▲ +67.7%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Palmwoods · Urban Centre
Religion in Palmwoods
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Palmwoods report having no religion compared to most other similar areas. Nearly half the population identifies this way, with the number of non-religious residents climbing steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 47.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group rose by 19 percentage points since 2011, while Christians now account for 44.1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Palmwoods splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.4%
- Anglican 11.0%
- Other Christian 9.0%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314019/palmwoods/topic/religion