46.9% ▲ +73.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Alderley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Alderley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Alderley report having no religion, making it a place where secular views are far more common than in most other areas. This shift is significant, as the number of residents without a religious affiliation has climbed by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.9% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 44.1%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus at 1.9% and Buddhists at 1.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Alderley splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 46.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 24.7%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Alderley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031120/alderley/topic/religion