Catholics are in power this Easter, with the highest proportion of ministers of that faith occupying senior positions in a Coalition government.

Of the 19 cabinet ministers, at least eight are Catholics, nearly double the proportion of Catholics in the general population.

Day out: Tony Abbott with his father Richard at Randwick. Credit:Damian Shaw

The Prime Minister Tony Abbott as well as his Treasurer, finance, trade, communications, education, agriculture and social services ministers are Catholics and at least four others belong to other Christian denominations.

Asked about their Easter plans, half the Abbott cabinet confirmed they would be attending church. And while almost a quarter of the country's population ticked ''no religion'' in the 2011 census, nobody in the Coalition cabinet would admit to being an atheist.