30.8% ▲ +52.8%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Coober Pedy · Council (LGA)
Religion in Coober Pedy
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a more central role in daily life for Coober Pedy residents than in most other parts of the country. While the number of people with no religion has risen, this figure remains far below the national average. Christianity remains the most common faith here, with nearly 40% of the population identifying as such.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 30.8% of people report no religion, which is much lower than the South Australian figure of 45.8%. This proportion has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011, though it still sits well below the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Coober Pedy, the largest group is Christianity at 40%, followed by No religion (31%) and Not stated (22%).
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Other Christian 7.7%
- Orthodox 6.7%
- Anglican 5.3%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
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- No religion 30.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Coober Pedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41330/coober-pedy/topic/religion