44.8% ▲ +82.4%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in South Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people identify as having no religion in South Coast than in most similar areas. This lack of religious affiliation now outweighs Christianity, with 44.8% of residents claiming no faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion rose 20 points since 2011 to 44.8%, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity follows closely at 44.3%, while Buddhism is held by 0.9% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →South Coast splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 44.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 16.9%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 South Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10104/south-coast/topic/religion