Do many people in Australia go to church every Sunday?

Question

I live in southeastern US , called the "bible belt" and was just curious if many Australians are like this or not?
did they have many protestant refugees like America had?

Answer 1

no, not that many

Answer 2

In Australia,around 12 million out of 21 million identify as Christian.
Out of the whole population,around 3.2 million go to church regularly.
Australia's original inhabitants are the Aboriginals.When Britain had run out of room to house convicts,they sent them in fleets to Australia.Australia was settled (for the most part) by these convicts and free settlers.
South Australia was the only state which was free settled,and was not a convict colony.Many of the settlers of South Australia were people (including Protestants and Anabaptists) fleeing religous persecution.Adelaide is now known as the 'city of churches' due to the large population of Christian migrants.

Answer 3

All the Aussies I know are either pagan, Muslim or Catholic. The Catholics do pray on Sundays at Church.

But as for the rest....

Australia was settled primarily by criminals and bonded servants. Not many fled there from Religious persecution. In the smaller remote towns up North you will find the more traditional and rigid people.

Might I advise you look for some good geographical and historical sites on the net to see if you can find answers to your questions.

Answer 4

Mostly the christians and a few non- christians. Though I am a christian who goes to church and who is an Australian that lives in Australia.

Edit: D.W. I hate to say, your incorrect about Australia. Last year, there were riots on cronulla beach. Between the muslim people and young Australians. I say, its just like America. I wouldn't consider Australia to be a christian country, though there many christians that live in Australia (including myself). Australia is more multi-cultural.

Answer 5

I have family in Sydney and have travel there a lot....to answer your question:

Australia is a lot like the US was 25-30 years ago.....it's a comfortable place to be, not much crime, most people get along.
There is a growing population of minorities and culture clashes are being seen here and there, but they are often on a much smaller scale then CNN presents them.

Australia is a "Christian" country, but that is merely on it's surface (as in the US).

Answer 6

This is from a few years ago, but I remember a statistic that said that out of people in Australia who identify themselves as 'active christians' - that is someone who claims christianity as a religion and attends church - the average attendance was once per month.

Answer 7

I fly my computer space simulator and when I take off from Cape Canaveral at night the first thing I see from my spacecraft is Australia illuminated by the rising sun, with high clouds shadowing the western shores. I can tell you this much --with amazing wonder like that, albeit digital, the rest is all trite and trivial crap. Trust me on this one, okay? Peace.

Answer 8

I can't speak for everyone, but not too many of my friends attend church. It seems to be a thing of the past, though the churches still get a fair attendance.

Answer 9

According to the magazine Catholic Australia, in 2001 over 750,000 Australian Catholics went to church on a weekly basis.

With love in Christ.

Answer 10

We used to, then our prophet Steve Irwin died, and we realized that he was a mortal just like us! No, we don't go to church anymore.