41.1% ▲ +64.7%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northern Areas · Council (LGA)
Religion in Northern Areas
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About half of people in Northern Areas identify as Christians, while those reporting no religion sit around the middle for similar areas. This mix of beliefs reflects a shifting landscape where the number of people with no religion has climbed significantly since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half the population (49.4%) identifies as Christian, while those with no religion make up 41.1%. This last group has grown by 16 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area a little above the national figure but well below South Australia's 45.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Northern Areas, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 18.2%
- Uniting Church 12.2%
- Anglican 8.6%
- Other Christian 7.1%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 40.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Northern Areas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45120/northern-areas/topic/religion