38.5% ▲ +68.5%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sturt · Federal Electorate
Religion in Sturt
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith in Sturt, where 45.2% of people identify with a church. This religious presence is more prominent than in many other areas, though the number of people claiming no faith has climbed steadily over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 38.5% of residents have no religion—a figure that rose 16 points since 2011—this is well below the South Australian average of 45.8%. Other faiths include Hinduism at 4.0%, Buddhism at 2.7%, and Islam at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sturt, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 6.6%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Orthodox 3.4%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 37.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.7%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED410/sturt/topic/religion