33.9% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barkly · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Barkly
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in Barkly identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the country. About 33.9% of residents report no faith, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the dominant faith here, accounting for nearly half of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 33.9% of people now report no religion, this figure has risen 9.5 percentage points since 2011. Other faith groups are small, with Hinduism at 1.2% and Islam at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barkly, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (34%) and Not stated (13%).
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- Other Christian 15.9%
- Baptist 15.4%
- Catholic 10.9%
- Anglican 3.9%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 33.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.9%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70202/barkly/topic/religion