44.6% ▲ +97.2%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cervantes · Urban Centre
Religion in Cervantes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Cervantes sits around the middle of similar areas for its religious makeup. While nearly 45% of people now report no religion, the community remains split almost evenly between those with no faith and those who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.6% of residents have no religion, a figure that has risen by 22 points since 2011 and is well above the national rate. Christianity is almost as common at 43.8%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and other faiths each represent less than 2% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Cervantes splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 44.8%
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- Anglican 17.7%
- Catholic 14.8%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
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 Cervantes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522012/cervantes/topic/religion