46.8% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Unley · State Electorate
Religion in Unley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Unley now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply since 2011. This shift makes the area much less religious than most other similar places, with 46.8% of people identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose 18 percentage points since 2011, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains common at 43.5%, while Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Unley splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 4%.
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- No religion 46.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.2%
- Anglican 10.0%
- Orthodox 5.3%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Unley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40044/unley/topic/religion