43.9% ▲ +64.5%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Burnside · Council (LGA)
Religion in Burnside
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Burnside report having no religion compared to the national average. While 43.9% of residents identify as non-religious, nearly as many are Christian, making these the two dominant groups in the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of residents with no religion has risen by 17 percentage points since 2011 to reach 43.9%, a figure well above the Australian average. This group is slightly smaller than the South Australian figure of 45.8%, while 42.7% of the population identify as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Burnside splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 43.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.8%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Orthodox 3.2%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.6%
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40700/burnside/topic/religion