40.6% ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
St Helena · Suburb / Locality
Religion in St Helena
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Half of the population in St Helena identifies as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. While religious views are diverse, about 40.6% of residents report having no religion. This reflects a split community where traditional faith and non-religious beliefs both hold significant weight.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 50%, while 40.6% of people have no religion, which is a little above the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism at 1.4%, Islam at 0.9% and Buddhism at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In St Helena, Christianity is the majority at 50%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 27.6%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 40.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.1%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
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 St Helena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22339/st-helena/topic/religion