45.6% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merkanooka · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Merkanooka
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Merkanooka identify as Christian, though this is balanced by a similarly large group with no faith. The area is sparsely populated, with 45.6% of residents reporting no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The same proportion of people (45.6%) identify as Christian as those who claim no religion. This lack of religious affiliation is higher than in most areas and well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merkanooka splits fairly evenly between Christianity (50%) and No religion (50%).
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- Anglican 25.0%
- Catholic 17.3%
- Other Christian 9.6%
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- No religion 46.2%
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 Merkanooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50937/merkanooka/topic/religion