44.4% ▲ +115.0%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Elder · State Electorate
Religion in Elder
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people report no religion in Elder than in most similar areas. This shift is dramatic, with the number of people identifying as non-religious jumping 24 percentage points since 2011 to reach 44.4%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 44.4% of residents have no religion, Christianity is still common at 40.4%. Other faiths include Hinduism (4.2%), Islam (2.6%) and Buddhism (1.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →Elder splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 43.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Orthodox 4.8%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Elder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40011/elder/topic/religion