43.2% ▲ +82.8%
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nathan · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Nathan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Nathan report having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. This reflects a significant shift in the community, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical person here is more likely to have no religion than to follow Christianity, which is the next largest group at 41.7%. This lack of affiliation is well above the national figure of 38.9%, with other groups including Hinduism at 3.7%, Buddhism at 2.9%, and Islam at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Nathan splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 42.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Orthodox 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 1.4%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Nathan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30304/nathan/topic/religion