55.6% ▲ +54.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barkers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Barkers Creek
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half the people in Barkers Creek now report having no religion, marking a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. This trend has seen the proportion of people without a faith climb to 55.6%, which is far higher than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here does not follow a religion, a result that is much higher than most areas and far above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 32.4%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.6%) and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barkers Creek, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 32%.
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- No religion 53.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
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- Catholic 10.8%
- Anglican 5.5%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
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- Other religious groups 1.2%
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 Barkers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20141/barkers-creek/topic/religion