62.2% ▲ +44.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Macclesfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher proportion of people in Macclesfield report having no religion compared to the rest of the country. With 62.2% of residents claiming no faith, this figure is 23 percentage points above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Most people here have no religion (62.2%), a figure far above the South Australian average of 45.8%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 28.8%, while Buddhism and other religions make up very small shares of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Macclesfield, No religion is the majority at 62%; Christianity is next at 29%.
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- No religion 61.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 8.5%
- Catholic 7.3%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40799/macclesfield/topic/religion