48.5% ▲ +65.9%
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Australia - Outback · Region (SA4)
Religion in South Australia - Outback
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people claim no religion in South Australia - Outback than in most other areas. Nearly half the population now identify as non-religious, with this figure climbing sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.5% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This is a significant shift, as the number of people with no religion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011; meanwhile, 38.2% of the population identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South Australia - Outback, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (38%) and Not stated (11%).
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- No religion 48.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 13.2%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Uniting Church 6.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 South Australia - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/406/south-australia-outback/topic/religion