38.0% ▲ +203.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sapphire · Urban Centre
Religion in Sapphire
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Sapphire, where 40.9% of people identify with a Christian denomination. While the area remains traditionally religious, there has been a significant shift in belief over the last decade. This reflects a broader trend toward less religious identification across the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38% of residents now report having no religion, which is a rise of 25 percentage points since 2011. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it remains well below the Queensland figure of 41.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sapphire splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (38%), with Not stated at 20%.
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- Anglican 13.9%
- Catholic 10.2%
- Other Christian 7.7%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Baptist 1.7%
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- No religion 37.3%
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 Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321091/sapphire/topic/religion