44.1% ▲ +88.9%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Macalister · State Electorate
Religion in Macalister
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of over 5 percentage points separates Macalister from the national figure for people reporting no religion. This shift is part of a strong local trend, with the number of people without a religious affiliation jumping 21 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.1% of residents in Macalister have no religion, which is higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 42.3%, followed by Islam at 1.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Macalister splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 43.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 14.7%
- Anglican 10.3%
- Other Christian 8.2%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Pentecostal 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Macalister [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30046/macalister/topic/religion