57.4% ▲ +68.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Birkenhead · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Birkenhead
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Birkenhead claim no religion, one of the highest proportions found among similar areas. This means 57.4% of the population is non-religious, which is a far higher figure than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident does not identify with a religion, a figure that is far above both South Australia and the national average. Christianity is the next most common faith at 35%, followed by small numbers of people identifying with Islam, Buddhism, and other religions.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Birkenhead, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 56.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 15.3%
- Anglican 6.7%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Birkenhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40110/birkenhead/topic/religion