52.9% ▲ +82.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Scarborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Scarborough report having no religion. This is a striking trend for the area, with a much higher proportion of people identifying as non-religious compared to both the state and national figures.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 52.9%, which is far above the 38.9% seen across Australia. Christianity follows at 36.3%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Scarborough, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 52.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51330/scarborough/topic/religion