49.6% ▲ +99.6%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nelly Bay · Urban Centre
Religion in Nelly Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Nelly Bay report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 25 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area's lack of religious affiliation far more common than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.6% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Queensland figure of 41.2%. This stands in contrast to the 34.8% who identify with a Christian faith.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nelly Bay, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (35%) and Not stated (13%).
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- No religion 48.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.6%
- Anglican 11.5%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
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 Nelly Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315075/nelly-bay/topic/religion