43.4% ▲ +96.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parkwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Parkwood
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive 21 percentage point rise in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks the biggest shift in Parkwood's spiritual landscape. This area is now much more likely to be non-religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 43.4% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now nearly as large as those identifying as Christians, who make up 43.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Parkwood splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 10.6%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 42.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Parkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309091265/parkwood/topic/religion