37.8% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Salisbury · Council (LGA)
Religion in Salisbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Salisbury identify as having no religion than any other single group, with 37.8% of the population falling into this category. While this has become the largest group, it remains well below the state figure. The area shows a diverse mix of faiths, including significant numbers of Christians and Muslims.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion rose 11 points since 2011 to 37.8%, which is a little below the national figure. Other major groups include Christians at 37.1%, Muslims at 7.5%, Buddhists at 4.8%, and Hindus at 4.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Salisbury splits fairly evenly between No religion (38%) and Christianity (37%), with Islam at 8%.
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- No religion 37.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.9%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Anglican 5.6%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Sikhism 2.0%
- Other religious groups 0.7%
- 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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47140/salisbury/topic/religion