Religion & community impact
🇦🇺 Australia — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
95.8% → 61.7%
Christian · 1945–2020
▼ -34.1%
0.2% → 3%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +2.8%
0.3% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +0.7%
2.9% → 28.6%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +25.7%
0.8% → 6.6%
Other · 1945–2020
▲ +5.8%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 95.8% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| 1950 | 95.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| 1955 | 94.8% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4% | 0.4% |
| 1960 | 94.9% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4% | 0.4% |
| 1965 | 93.9% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 5% | 0.4% |
| 1970 | 93% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 6% | 0.4% |
| 1975 | 89% | 0.2% | 1% | 9.4% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 86.7% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 12% | 0.7% |
| 1985 | 84% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 13.4% | 1.5% |
| 1990 | 82.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 14% | 2.2% |
| 1995 | 79.8% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 15.6% | 2.8% |
| 2000 | 77.2% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 16.7% | 4% |
| 2005 | 71.6% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 22% | 4.2% |
| 2010 | 67.3% | 2.4% | 1% | 24.2% | 6.1% |
| 2020 | 61.7% | 3% | 1% | 28.6% | 6.6% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.