46.4% ▲ +81.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Breakwater · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Breakwater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Breakwater report having no religion, a figure well above the state and national averages. This shift reflects a growing trend where 46.4% of people in the area identify as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 46.4%, the proportion of people with no religion is much higher than in most other areas. Christianity is the next most common faith at 37%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Breakwater, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 46.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 6.7%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Baptist 3.5%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Breakwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20326/breakwater/topic/religion