42.1% ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rainbow Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Rainbow Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A mix of traditional faith and secularism defines Rainbow Beach, where nearly half the population identifies as Christian. This spiritual landscape has shifted over the last decade, with the number of people claiming no religion climbing by 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.4%, while 42.1% of people report no religion. This lack of affiliation is well above the national figure of 38.9% and slightly higher than the Queensland average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Rainbow Beach splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- Anglican 17.6%
- Catholic 15.4%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 41.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
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 Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315082/rainbow-beach/topic/religion