52.2% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Erica · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Erica
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Erica report having no religion, a figure that stands far above both state and national levels. This shift toward a secular outlook is a defining feature of the local community's identity.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A majority of residents (52.2%) claim no religious affiliation, which is much higher than most similar areas and 13 percentage points above the national figure. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian (34.2%), followed by a small number of Buddhists at 2.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Erica, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 53.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.7%
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- Catholic 14.0%
- Anglican 14.0%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Pentecostal 2.2%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
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 Erica [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20881/erica/topic/religion