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Adherents to the major religions in 2006 were as follows in order of size and by Australian citizenship. 11.2 per cent did not answer the optional religion question.
Religion |
Adherents |
Australian Citizens |
Catholic(Western/Roman) |
5 087 114 |
92.3 % |
Anglican |
3 716 379 |
92.2% |
Uniting Church |
1 135 426 |
94.8% |
Presbyterian |
583 397 |
87.7% |
Buddhism |
418 757 |
76.3% |
Greek Orthodox |
374 576 |
96.1% |
Islam |
340 392 |
77.2% |
Baptist |
316 741 |
89.9% |
Lutheran |
251 105 |
90.4% |
Hinduism |
148 125 |
57.9% |
Assemblies of God |
94 893 |
87.5% |
Judaism |
88 829 |
90.7% |
Other Pentecostal |
88 534 |
86.5% |
Jehovah’s Witnesses |
80 916 |
88.4% |
Salvation Army |
64 200 |
94.4% |
Seventh Day Adventist |
55 254 |
86.7% |
Mormons (LDS) |
52 147 |
76.4% |
Macedonian Orthodox |
48 082 |
96.1% |
Churches of Christ |
47 772 |
94.6% |
Serbian Orthodox |
39 967 |
93.6% |
Maronite Catholic |
29 072 |
95.3% |
Sikhs |
26 426 |
60.7% |
Brethren |
24 228 |
93.8% |
Russian Orthodox |
19 970 |
86.8% |
Coptic Orthodox |
19 924 |
91.6% |
Paganism |
15 515 |
92.6% |
Baha’i |
12 333 |
96.3% |
Christian Outreach |
11 042 |
92.5% |
Reformed |
10 610 |
77.6% |
Christadelphians |
10 207 |
92.7% |
A further forty with less than 10 000 declared adherents are listed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, but there are many even smaller groups. |
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No Religion |
3 706 554 |
89.6% |
Interesting to note that the Greek Orthodox and the Macedonian Orthodox have the highest level of Australian citizenship (96.1%). Of the above 30 religions only the ‘big three’ (Catholic, Anglican and Uniting) and five others had their modern origins mainly in the British Isles.