52.4% ▲ +82.9%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gawler · Council (LGA)
Religion in Gawler
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher proportion of people in Gawler report having no religion compared to the rest of the country. More than half the population now identify as non-religious, a figure that sits well above the South Australian average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common affiliation at 52.4%, which is 14 points higher than the national figure. This represents a large shift for Gawler, as the number of people with no religion rose 24 points since 2011. Christianity is the next most common group at 39.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gawler, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 40%.
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- No religion 51.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 12.3%
- Anglican 10.3%
- Other Christian 8.0%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42030/gawler/topic/religion