29.2% ▲ +69.4%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
APY Lands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in APY Lands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 42% of people in APY Lands identify as Christian, making it the most common faith in the region. While a smaller proportion of people report having no religion compared to the rest of the country, this group has grown significantly in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 42.3%, while 29.2% of residents have no religion. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9%, though the number of people with no religion rose 12 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In APY Lands, the largest group is Christianity at 42%, followed by No religion (29%) and Not stated (21%).
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- Other Christian 19.6%
- Uniting Church 18.8%
- Catholic 1.8%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Anglican 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- No religion 28.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 7.1%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 APY Lands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406021138/apy-lands/topic/religion