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Census of Population and Housing: Census article - Religious affiliation in Australia, 2021
Released at 10:00am (Canberra time) 4 July 2022
Contents
Tables
1 Religious affiliation (broad groups) by state and territory - 2016 and 2021
2 Religious affiliation (broad groups) by age - 2016 and 2021
3 Religious affiliation (narrow groups) - 2016 and 2021
4 Religious affiliation (religious groups) - 2016 and 2021
5 Religious affiliation (broad groups) by country of birth of person - 2021
6 Religious affiliation (narrow groups) by year of arrival in Australia - 2021
7 Religious affiliation (narrow groups) by ancestry - 2021
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cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.
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TABLE 1. RELIGIOUS AFFLIATION (BROAD GROUPS) BY STATE AND TERRITORY- 2016 AND 2021
Count of persons(a)
New
South Wales Victoria Queensland
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Australian
South Western Northern Capital
Australia Australia Tasmania Territory Territory Total(b)
2016
2021
Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Island, but does not include any other external territory.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
Census of Population and Housing: Census article - Religious affiliation in Australia, 2021
Released at 10:00am (Canberra time) 4 July 2022
2021
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65 years
35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years and over Total
2016
2021
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
Census of Population and Housing: Census article - Religious affiliation in Australia, 2021
Released at 10:00am (Canberra time) 4 July 2022
2016
Buddhism 563,674
Christianity:
Christianity, nfd 612,371
Anglican 3,101,185
Baptist 345,142
Brethren 17,423
Catholic 5,291,834
Churches of Christ 39,621
Jehovah's Witnesses 82,510
Latter-day Saints 61,639
Lutheran 174,019
Oriental Orthodox 51,013
Assyrian Apostolic 13,863
Eastern Orthodox 502,801
Presbyterian and Reformed 526,689
Salvation Army 48,939
Seventh-day Adventist 62,945
Uniting Church 870,183
Pentecostal 260,558
Other Protestant 108,307
Other Christian 30,549
Total 12,201,600
Hinduism 440,300
Islam 604,240
Judaism 91,022
Other religions:
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 8,078
Baha'i 13,989
Chinese Religions 6,385
Druse 3,096
Japanese Religions 1,772
Nature Religions 27,207
Sikhism 125,901
Spiritualism 10,101
Miscellaneous Religions 25,065
Total 221,590
Total 23,401,892
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of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.
2021
615,823
688,440
2,496,273
347,334
18,258
5,075,907
35,928
84,405
57,868
145,868
60,774
19,141
535,470
414,882
35,356
63,662
673,260
255,838
112,474
27,679
11,148,814
684,002
813,392
99,956
7,887
14,937
6,952
4,268
1,864
33,148
210,400
8,879
37,086
325,421
183
9,767,448
73,548
45,784
9,886,957
97,376
1,751,052
25,422,788
2016
Buddhism 563,674
Christianity:
Christianity, nfd 612,371
Anglican:
Anglican Church of Australia 3,100,572
Anglican Catholic Church 521
Anglican, nec 98
Baptist 345,142
Brethren 17,423
Catholic:
Catholic, nfd 115
Western Catholic 5,229,650
Maronite Catholic 36,434
Melkite Catholic 2,581
Ukrainian Catholic 2,907
Chaldean Catholic 10,030
Syro Malabar Catholic 8,350
Catholic, nec 1,763
Churches of Christ:
Churches of Christ, nfd 5,504
Churches of Christ (Conference) 33,672
Church of Christ (Non-denominational) 413
International Church of Christ 33
Jehovah's Witnesses 82,510
Latter-day Saints:
Latter-day Saints, nfd 74
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 60,864
Community of Christ 701
Lutheran 174,019
Oriental Orthodox:
Oriental Orthodox, nfd 72
Armenian Apostolic 8,026
Coptic Orthodox Church 28,641
Syrian Orthodox Church 9,273
Ethiopian Orthodox Church 4,547
Oriental Orthodox, nec 456
Assyrian Apostolic:
Assyrian Apostolic, nfd 1,024
Assyrian Church of the East 11,580
Ancient Church of the East 1,246
Assyrian Apostolic, nec 12
Eastern Orthodox:
Eastern Orthodox, nfd 1,179
Albanian Orthodox 43
Antiochian Orthodox 9,840
Greek Orthodox 373,591
Macedonian Orthodox 49,682
Romanian Orthodox 1,923
Russian Orthodox 21,967
Serbian Orthodox 41,019
Ukrainian Orthodox 2,741
Eastern Orthodox, nec 818
Presbyterian and Reformed:
Presbyterian and Reformed, nfd 87
Presbyterian 512,760
Reformed 11,491
Free Reformed 2,355
Salvation Army 48,939
Seventh-day Adventist 62,945
Uniting Church 870,183
Pentecostal:
Pentecostal, nfd 228,635
Apostolic Church (Australia) 322
Australian Christian Churches (Assemblies of God) 19,184
Bethesda Ministries International (Bethesda Churches) 16
C3 Church Global (Christian City Church) 409
International Network of Churches (Christian Outreach Centres) 6,006
CRC International (Christian Revival Crusade) 600
Foursquare Gospel Church 329
Full Gospel Church of Australia (Full Gospel Church) 374
Revival Centres 721
Rhema Family Church 48
United Pentecostal 1,021
Acts 2 Alliance 98
Christian Church in Australia 32
Pentecostal City Life Church 39
Revival Fellowship 768
Victory Life Centre 24
Victory Worship Centre 60
Worship Centre Network 303
Pentecostal, nec 1,571
Other Protestant:
Other Protestant, nfd 30,693
Aboriginal Evangelical Missions 2,498
Born Again Christian 10,989
Christian and Missionary Alliance 3,119
Church of the Nazarene 1,096
Congregational 3,642
Ethnic Evangelical Churches 4,867
Independent Evangelical Churches 4,460
Wesleyan Methodist Church 3,829
Christian Community Churches of Australia 6,324
Methodist, so described 35,633
United Methodist Church 299
Other Protestant, nec 864
Other Christian:
Other Christian, nfd 210
Apostolic Church of Queensland 2,925
Christadelphians 10,093
Christian Science 974
Gnostic Christians 812
Liberal Catholic Church 214
New Apostolic Church 2,672
New Churches (Swedenborgian) 288
Ratana (Maori) 4,137
Religious Science 143
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 1,691
Temple Society 387
Grace Communion International (Worldwide Church of God) 244
Other Christian, nec 5,752
Total Christian 12,201,600
Hinduism 440,300
Islam 604,240
Judaism 91,022
Other Religions:
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 8,078
Baha'i 13,989
Chinese Religions:
Chinese Religions, nfd 3
Ancestor Veneration 480
Confucianism 374
Taoism 5,488
Chinese Religions, nec 38
Druse 3,096
Japanese Religions:
Japanese Religions, nfd 8
Shinto 1,239
Sukyo Mahikari 353
Tenrikyo 112
Japanese Religions, nec 59
Nature Religions:
Nature Religions, nfd 572
Animism 883
Druidism 829
Paganism 15,219
Wiccan (Witchcraft) 6,616
Nature Religions, nec 3,075
Sikhism 125,901
Spiritualism 10,101
Miscellaneous Religions:
Mandaean 6,906
Yezidi 63
Caodaism 605
Church of Scientology 1,681
Eckankar 562
Rastafari 1,002
Satanism 2,443
Theosophy 893
Jainism 4,049
Zoroastrianism 2,732
Religious Groups, nec 4,138
Total Other Religions 221,590
Total 23,401,892
Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum
of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.
2021
615,823
688,440
2,495,818
402
63
347,334
18,258
9
4,994,188
47,014
3,086
2,882
14,103
10,301
4,322
5,266
30,525
90
39
84,405
24
57,253
593
145,868
75
7,870
33,091
13,089
5,888
766
2,172
15,459
1,495
6
1,365
16
14,264
390,963
52,311
2,147
22,631
48,287
2,627
848
85
402,138
10,323
2,344
35,356
63,662
673,260
228,916
457
14,361
17
305
5,940
1,057
271
258
735
38
737
123
7
3
1,114
16
3
221
1,276
35,912
2,159
12,805
1,663
942
3,409
5,135
7,811
3,455
5,183
33,076
326
593
171
2,710
9,734
975
843
161
2,324
225
3,271
108
1,738
231
204
4,993
11,148,814
684,002
813,392
99,956
7,887
14,937
6
409
330
6,149
49
4,268
7
1,395
340
103
10
563
1,166
819
18,625
7,786
4,176
210,400
8,879
9,178
4,123
677
1,655
488
921
4,995
855
5,851
2,986
5,339
325,421
183
9,767,448
289
31,676
37,797
2,194
750
830
1,770
3,579
951
27,379
5,421
828
5,863
9,886,957
97,376
1,751,052
25,422,788
Australia (includes
Overseas born External Territories)
Total(b)
615,823
688,440
2,496,273
347,334
18,258
5,075,907
35,928
84,405
57,868
145,868
60,774
19,141
535,470
414,882
35,356
63,662
673,260
255,838
112,474
27,679
684,002
813,392
99,956
7,887
14,937
6,952
4,268
1,864
33,148
210,400
8,879
37,086
183
9,767,448
73,548
45,784
97,376
1,751,052
25,422,788
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Census of Population and Housing: Census article - Religious affiliation in Australia, 2021
Released at 10:00am (Canberra time) 4 July 2022
Buddhism
Christianity, nfd
Anglican
Baptist
Brethren
Catholic
Churches of Christ
Jehovah's Witnesses
Latter-day Saints
Lutheran
Oriental Orthodox
Assyrian Apostolic
Eastern Orthodox
Presbyterian and Reformed
Salvation Army
Seventh-day Adventist
Uniting Church
Pentecostal
Other Protestant
Other Christian
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions
Baha'i
Chinese Religions
Druse
Japanese Religions
Nature Religions
Sikhism
Spiritualism
Miscellaneous Religions
Secular Beliefs and Other Spiritual Beliefs and No Religious Affiliation, nfd
No Religion, (so described)
Secular Beliefs
Other Spiritual Beliefs
Inadequately described
Not stated
Total
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of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.
77,764
39,168
19,659
15,856
242
151,581
1,052
1,620
2,830
1,139
5,298
2,374
7,637
9,543
210
3,706
6,367
11,338
9,641
924
175,873
100,877
2,945
9
1,003
600
216
130
283
47,759
574
6,886
3
288,211
1,427
1,052
3,525
20,687
1,020,007
Southern
North-West and Eastern
Oceanian European European
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North
African and South-East North-East Southern and Peoples of the Sub-Saharan
Middle Eastern Asian Asian Central Asian Americas African Total(b)(c)