31.0% ▲ +89.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Aurukun · Urban Centre
Religion in Aurukun
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in Aurukun identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the country. While 61.8% of the community identifies as Christian, the proportion of those with no religious affiliation is well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 31% of residents report having no religion, which is far below the Queensland figure of 41.2%. This figure has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011, when it sat at 16.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Aurukun, Christianity is the majority at 62%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Uniting Church 51.1%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Catholic 1.3%
- Anglican 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 30.9%
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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315004/aurukun/topic/religion