52.5% ▲ +67.4%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Gambier · Council (LGA)
Religion in Mount Gambier
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift in faith has occurred in Mount Gambier, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 21 percentage points since 2011. This change means that over half the population now identifies as non-religious, a figure far above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 52.5%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 45.8%. This sits alongside 38.2% of residents who identify as Christian, while other religions like Buddhism and Hinduism each make up around 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Gambier, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 52.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.4%
- Anglican 6.0%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%
- Baptist 2.6%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44620/mount-gambier/topic/religion