56.7% ▲ +61.6%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Blackwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Blackwood
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the population in Blackwood now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed 22 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area far less religious than the national average. Today, 56.7% of residents identify as non-religious, while 37.2% identify as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 56.7%, the proportion of people with no religion is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common here, with Buddhism at 0.8% and Hinduism at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Blackwood, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 56.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 9.7%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Uniting Church 6.3%
- Baptist 2.7%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403031067/blackwood/topic/religion