47.1% ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Religion in Not in any Significant Urban Area
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from faith has defined Not in any Significant Urban Area (SA) since 2011, with the number of people reporting no religion jumping by 20 percentage points. Nearly half of the population now identifies as non-religious, making it a more secular area than most of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 47.1% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 41.3%, while other religions, Buddhism, and Islam each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other Christian 10.7%
- Catholic 10.6%
- Uniting Church 8.4%
- Anglican 7.9%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/religion