56.4% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Onkaparinga · Council (LGA)
Religion in Onkaparinga
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Onkaparinga report having no religion, making it one of the least religious areas in the region. This shift is stark, as the number of people without a faith has jumped by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 56.4%, which is far above both the South Australian figure of 45.8% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity follows at 34.8%, while Buddhism, Islam, and other religions each account for 0.7% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Onkaparinga, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 55.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 11.3%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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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 Onkaparinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45340/onkaparinga/topic/religion