50.7% ▲ +68.9%
Higher than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South East · Region (SA4)
Religion in South East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in South East now identifies as having no religion. This reflects a major shift in the area's spiritual landscape, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents (50.7%) report no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 38.1%, while Buddhism and Hinduism both account for less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South East, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 50.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 17.4%
- Catholic 12.4%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/603/south-east/topic/religion