40.4% ▲ +332.9%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
El Arish · Urban Centre
Religion in El Arish
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has changed the spiritual landscape of El Arish, where 40.4% of residents now claim no religion. This marks a massive change from a decade ago, with the number of people without a faith jumping by 31 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 48.2%. The 40.4% who report no religion is about the same as the Queensland figure and a little above the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In El Arish, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 23.0%
- Anglican 14.3%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
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- No religion 40.6%
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- Other religious groups 1.2%
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 El Arish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322039/el-arish/topic/religion