31.8% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barkly · State Electorate
Religion in Barkly
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Barkly identify with a faith, meaning religious beliefs play a more visible role in daily life here than in most other parts of the country. Christianity is the most common faith, while the number of people reporting no religion is well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.3% of residents are Christian, and those with no religion make up 31.8% of the population. This last group is much smaller than in most areas, though the figure has risen 5.4 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barkly, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (32%) and Not stated (16%).
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- Other Christian 18.5%
- Baptist 15.4%
- Catholic 8.8%
- Anglican 3.5%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 31.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.1%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70004/barkly/topic/religion