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Church Attendance Statistics Australia. 345142 in 2016 352489 in 2011 316733 in 2006 Across each Australian state a consistent pattern of growth in 2006-2011 was followed by decline or plateauing in 2011-2016. The Gallup Poll shows that only 42 of millennials attend church. The 2016 NCLS results are based on 240000 adult attender surveys adult church attenders aged 15. Australia is increasingly a story of religious diversity with Hinduism Sikhism Islam and Buddhism all increasingly common religious beliefs.
The first National Count of Attendance was conducted in May 2001 and showed that approximately 765000 Catholics of all ages attended Mass on a typical weekend. 48 of married individuals attended church on a typical Sunday compared with 29 of divorced and 31 of never-married individuals. Catholicism is the largest Christian grouping in Australia accounting for almost a quarter 226 per cent of the Australian population. Gallups most recent yearly summary is from 2017 but it shows a drop from 42 in 2008 to 37 in 2017 for regular attendees. Catholic Church employers and employees in Australia 2015 2017 Building Stronger Parishes 2009 2015. Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory had the highest rates of people reporting no religion both 29 just ahead of South Australia 28.
Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory had the highest rates of people reporting no religion both 29 just ahead of South Australia 28.
Research findings in this presentation are based on more than 260000 adult church attenders aged 15 years plus in around 3000 churches who completed the 2011 National Church Life Survey plus views from all Australians about spirituality. Australian Spirituality NCLS RESEARCH Who is NCLS Research. National Church Life Survey NCLS data shows that over the last four decades the proportion of Australians attending church at least once per month has more than halved from 36 1972 to 15 currently. Worldwide Nigeria has the most number of Christians who attend church at least once a week in 2009 at 88 followed by Zambia and Haiti both at 85. The latest church attendance estimates released by the National Church Life Survey NCLS show that the Catholic Church is the largest denomination in Australia accounting for about half of church attenders in participating denominations 50. The Gallup Poll shows that only 42 of millennials attend church.