47.6% ▲ +74.5%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barker · Federal Electorate
Religion in Barker
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 20 percentage point jump in people claiming no religion since 2011 marks a major shift in Barker. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, making this a much more secular area than most other similar regions.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 47.6%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity follows at 41.0%, while other faiths like Islam and Buddhism are much less common at 0.7% and 0.6% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barker, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 47.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other Christian 11.9%
- Catholic 11.1%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Uniting Church 6.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED402/barker/topic/religion