47.6% ▲ +88.1%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barossa · Council (LGA)
Religion in Barossa
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Barossa report having no religion than in most similar areas. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, marking a significant shift in the region's spiritual landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 47.6%, a figure that is well above the national mark of 38.9%. This represents a sharp increase for the area, as the proportion of people with no religion rose 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Barossa splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 47.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other Christian 20.9%
- Catholic 8.2%
- Anglican 7.6%
- Uniting Church 5.7%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Barossa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40310/barossa/topic/religion