43.5% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Smoky Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Smoky Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is evident in Smoky Bay, where 43.5% of people now report no religion. This figure is well above the national average, though the community remains split almost evenly between those with a faith and those without.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 46.8%, while 43.5% of residents have no religion—a figure higher than most similar areas. Other religions make up a small 1.4% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Smoky Bay splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 15.4%
- Anglican 15.4%
- Uniting Church 7.2%
- Other Christian 4.5%
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- No religion 43.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 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 Smoky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41348/smoky-bay/topic/religion