30.2% ▲ +37.9%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barkly · Council (LGA)
Religion in Barkly
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Barkly identify as Christian, which is the most common faith here. This religious connection remains strong, as the number of people claiming no religion is well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the main faith at 53.2%, while 30.2% of residents report no religion. Although the share of people with no religion rose 8.3 percentage points since 2011, this figure is still much lower than most other areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barkly, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 30%.
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- Baptist 20.3%
- Other Christian 17.0%
- Catholic 9.5%
- Anglican 3.4%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 30.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.7%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70420/barkly/topic/religion