18.1% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canterbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Canterbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in Canterbury identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the state. While 18.1% of residents report no faith, this is far below the national figure of 38.9%. This makes the area one of the least likely to be non-religious among similar regions.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.9%, followed by Islam at 22.6%. Although the share of people with no religion rose 6.9 points since 2011, it remains much lower than the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Canterbury, the largest group is Christianity at 42%, followed by Islam (23%) and No religion (18%).
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Orthodox 12.2%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Anglican 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 17.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11902/canterbury/topic/religion