35.1% ▲ +86.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Pennington · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Pennington
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much lower proportion of people identify as having no religion in Pennington compared to the rest of South Australia. This gap is the defining feature of the area's faith profile, with 35.1% reporting no affiliation. The local community is notably more religious than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 40.7%, followed by Buddhism at 9.8%, Islam at 3.9%, and Hinduism at 2.6%. The 35.1% who claim no religion is far below the South Australian figure of 45.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Pennington, the largest group is Christianity at 41%, followed by No religion (35%) and Buddhism (10%).
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- Catholic 22.8%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Orthodox 4.4%
- Anglican 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.2%
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- No religion 34.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.4%
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 Pennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41136/pennington/topic/religion