43.7% ▲ +86.9%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Pirie Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Port Pirie Surrounds
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Port Pirie Surrounds identify as having no religion compared to the national figure. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the number of people reporting no faith has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 44% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the Australian average. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 47.1%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism are very rare.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Port Pirie Surrounds splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Uniting Church 12.2%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Anglican 6.7%
- Orthodox 1.7%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- No religion 43.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Port Pirie Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405031123/port-pirie-surrounds/topic/religion