38.4% ▲ +50.4%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Pearce · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Pearce
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 13 percentage point jump in people reporting no religion since 2011 has shifted the spiritual landscape of Pearce. While half of the area is Christian, those with no religious affiliation now make up 38.4% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.4% of people here have no religion, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the 44.2% seen across the ACT. Other common affiliations include Hinduism at 3.5%, Islam at 1.5%, and Buddhism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Pearce, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 29.3%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Orthodox 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- No religion 37.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
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 Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091108/pearce/topic/religion