47.8% ▲ +74.9%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Harvey · Council (LGA)
Religion in Harvey
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Harvey report no religion than in most similar areas. Nearly half the population, 47.8%, now identify as non-religious, marking a significant shift in the community's spiritual makeup over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011, reaching 47.8%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now the largest, followed by Christians at 43.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Harvey 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 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.4%
- Anglican 12.0%
- Other Christian 6.4%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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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 Harvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53990/harvey/topic/religion