34.5% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merriton · Suburb / Locality
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Merriton, where 58.2% of the population identifies with a church. This makes the area notably more religious than the state and national averages.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 34.5% of residents report having no religion, which is far below the South Australian figure of 45.8% and well below the national average of 38.9%.
34.5% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
In Merriton, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Merriton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40866/merriton/topic/religion