38.4% ▲ +61.4%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Torrens · Council (LGA)
Religion in West Torrens
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of over 7 percentage points separates West Torrens from the rest of South Australia in terms of religious preference. While 43.5% of residents identify as Christians, a growing number of people now claim no faith. This shift is evident as the proportion of people with no religion rose by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.4% of people here have no religion, which is well below the South Australian figure of 45.8% and about the same as the national rate. Other common faiths include Hinduism at 5.4%, Islam at 2.7%, and other religions at 3.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In West Torrens, the largest group is Christianity at 43%, followed by No religion (38%) and Hinduism (5%).
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Orthodox 8.7%
- Anglican 5.0%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- No religion 37.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 2.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 West Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48410/west-torrens/topic/religion