48.3% ▲ +82.2%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barossa · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Barossa
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people here claim no religion than in most similar areas. In Barossa, nearly half the population—48.3%—now report having no religious affiliation, a figure that has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose by 22 points since 2011, making it well above the national figure of 38.9%. While 48.3% of residents now identify as non-religious, 43.4% still identify as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Barossa splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 47.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other Christian 18.5%
- Catholic 8.9%
- Anglican 7.5%
- Uniting Church 5.8%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Barossa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40501/barossa/topic/religion