39.8% ▲ +30.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Melrose
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Melrose identify as Christian, making faith a common part of local life. While some residents have no religious ties, the town's spiritual makeup is more traditional than the state average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.4% of residents are Christian, while 39.8% have no religion. This lack of religious affiliation is well below the South Australian figure of 45.8%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Melrose, Christianity is the majority at 50%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Uniting Church 20.5%
- Catholic 11.0%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Baptist 3.0%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 42.1%
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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40856/melrose/topic/religion