51.6% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Adelaide · Council (LGA)
Religion in Adelaide
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher share of people in Adelaide report no religion compared to the rest of the country. Over half the population now identifies as non-religious, reflecting a significant shift in the city's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (51.6%) have no religion, a figure that is far above the national average of 38.9%. This represents a steep rise of 17 percentage points since 2011, while Christianity remains the next most common affiliation at 27.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Adelaide, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 28%.
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- No religion 50.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 12.0%
- Anglican 5.6%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Orthodox 2.1%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40070/adelaide/topic/religion