52.5% ▲ +48.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Stirling
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of Stirling residents now report having no religion, a figure that has grown significantly since 2011. This shift means that 52.5% of the population identifies as non-religious, making it a much less religious area than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is 52.5%, which is far above the Australian figure of 38.9% and well above South Australia's 45.8%. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian (41.0%), while smaller groups include Buddhists at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Stirling, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 41%.
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- No religion 51.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Anglican 14.4%
- Catholic 11.5%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 5.6%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41384/stirling/topic/religion