30.1% ▲ +47.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Longreach · Urban Centre
Religion in Longreach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of Longreach residents identify with a faith, making it a notably religious place compared to the rest of the country. While the number of people claiming no religion has risen to 30.1%, this is still far below the Queensland figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the dominant faith here at 56.0%. Those with no religion make up 30.1% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%, although this group grew by 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Longreach, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 30%.
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- Catholic 25.6%
- Anglican 15.3%
- Uniting Church 6.0%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 29.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315053/longreach/topic/religion