40.1% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Adelaide · Federal Electorate
Religion in Adelaide
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 5.6 percentage points separates Adelaide from the South Australian average in people with no religion. While 40.1% of residents now claim no faith, this figure is slightly higher than the national level. The area has seen a significant shift in belief over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.1% of people report no religion, a figure that rose 12 points since 2011. This is well below the South Australian average of 45.8%, though it sits a little above the national figure. Other common faiths include Christianity at 37.3%, Hinduism at 5.2%, and Islam at 4.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Adelaide splits fairly evenly between No religion (40%) and Christianity (37%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 39.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Orthodox 5.9%
- Anglican 5.0%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- Sikhism 2.1%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED401/adelaide/topic/religion