47.0% ▲ +73.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bluewater · Urban Centre
Religion in Bluewater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Bluewater now report having no religion. This shift is a major trend for the area, as the number of residents without a faith has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 47.0% of the population, which is well above the figures for Queensland (41.2%) and Australia (38.9%). Christianity is the next most common faith at 41.8%, while other religions like Buddhism and Islam are very rare.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bluewater, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.2%
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Anglican 12.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 1.0%
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 Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321018/bluewater/topic/religion