56.8% ▲ +288.0%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Borroloola · Urban Centre
Religion in Borroloola
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Borroloola now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed sharply in recent years. This shift makes the town's lack of religious affiliation far more common than in the rest of the Northern Territory and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of residents with no religion rose 42 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.8%, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 27.5%, while other religions account for 2.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Borroloola, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 27%.
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- No religion 55.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Other Christian 15.0%
- Catholic 4.2%
- Anglican 3.9%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.6%
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 Borroloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721003/borroloola/topic/religion