47.2% ▲ +65.4%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Marion · Council (LGA)
Religion in Marion
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 19 percentage points since 2011 shows that more people in Marion now claim no religion. Nearly half the population, or 47.2%, do not identify with any faith, which is well above the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.2% of people have no religion, 38.6% identify as Christians. Other faiths include Hinduism at 3.9%, Islam at 2.3%, and Buddhism at 1.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Marion, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (5%).
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.9%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Orthodox 2.3%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Marion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44060/marion/topic/religion