46.7% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Spence · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Spence
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
An 18 percentage point jump in those with no religion since 2011 defines the spiritual landscape of Spence. Nearly half of the residents now report no faith, making the area much less religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.7% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. The rest of the community is mostly Christian at 44.8%, with smaller groups practicing Buddhism (1.4%) and Islam (0.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Spence splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 46.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 9.7%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Orthodox 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011025/spence/topic/religion