47.8% ▲ +73.9%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Pirie · Council (LGA)
Religion in Port Pirie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Port Pirie report having no religion, which is well above the national figure. This shift is part of a significant trend toward non-religious identities in the region. While Christianity remains a major faith, the area's lack of religious affiliation is much higher than in most other similar places.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.8% of people here have no religion, a figure that rose 20 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the South Australian rate of 45.8% and well above the Australian average of 38.9%. Christians make up 43.1% of the population, while Islam, Buddhism and other religions each account for around 0.5% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Port Pirie splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 47.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Uniting Church 7.8%
- Anglican 6.0%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46450/port-pirie/topic/religion