36.9% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Tennant Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Tennant Creek
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A slightly lower share of people claim no religion in Tennant Creek compared to the rest of the Territory. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 41.8%, the number of people reporting no religion has climbed 8.2 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.9% of residents have no religion, which is a little below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia. Other groups include Hinduism at 1.7% and Buddhism at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Tennant Creek splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (37%), with Not stated at 16%.
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- Other Christian 15.8%
- Catholic 13.0%
- Baptist 4.1%
- Anglican 3.7%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 36.7%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.0%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021056/tennant-creek/topic/religion