42.5% ▲ +78.2%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kelso · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Kelso
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 42% of people in Kelso report having no religion, which is well above the national figure. This shift is part of a major trend in the area, where the number of non-religious residents has jumped 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.9%, while 42.5% of residents have no religion. Other faiths are rare here, with Buddhism and Islam each accounting for less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Kelso splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 21.1%
- Anglican 12.2%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 42.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021480/kelso/topic/religion