54.1% ▲ +64.6%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Barker · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mount Barker
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from faith has seen the number of people with no religion in Mount Barker jump by 21 percentage points since 2011. Over half the population now identifies as non-religious, which is a much higher proportion than seen in the rest of the state.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 54.1% of people here have no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. This is the most common response, followed by Christianity at 37.3%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Hinduism each make up around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Barker, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 53.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other Christian 10.2%
- Catholic 10.0%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44550/mount-barker/topic/religion