47.5% ▲ +93.9%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Spence · Federal Electorate
Religion in Spence
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Spence report having no religion, making it much more likely for residents here to be non-religious than in most other areas. This shift is stark, with the number of people without a faith jumping 23 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Currently, 47.5% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 35.3%, Islam at 4.2%, Buddhism at 3.1%, and Hinduism at 1.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Spence, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (35%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 47.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 12.9%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Sikhism 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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED409/spence/topic/religion