56.4% ▲ +697.5%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Howard Springs · Urban Centre
Religion in Howard Springs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Howard Springs report having no religion, a huge shift in how the local area identifies. This high proportion of non-religious residents is far above the national figure and represents a significant change in the community's makeup over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion surged 49 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.4%, which is far above the 38.9% national figure. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 36.0%, followed by Buddhism at 2.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Howard Springs, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 55.3%
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- Catholic 16.1%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Other Christian 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
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 Howard Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721007/howard-springs/topic/religion