45.6% ▲ +224.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cherbourg · Urban Centre
Religion in Cherbourg
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift in belief has occurred in Cherbourg, where the number of people claiming no religion rose by 32 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly half the population identifies as non-religious, marking a significant departure from traditional affiliations. This trend makes the area's religious landscape very different from the rest of the state.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 45.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is almost as large as those who identify as Christians, who account for 48.6% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cherbourg splits fairly evenly between Christianity (49%) and No religion (46%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Baptist 23.2%
- Catholic 10.7%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Pentecostal 2.8%
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- No religion 45.6%
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- Aboriginal traditional 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 Cherbourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315018/cherbourg/topic/religion