48.2% ▲ +78.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Glenelg East · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Glenelg East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Glenelg East report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift toward secularism is a defining feature of the area's social profile.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.2% of people here have no religion, which is higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 45.8%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 43.6%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus (1.8%), Buddhists (0.9%), and Muslims (0.8%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Glenelg East splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 47.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Anglican 9.6%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Glenelg East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40506/glenelg-east/topic/religion