52.3% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 97% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Gambier · Urban Area
Religion in Mount Gambier
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Mount Gambier report having no religion, which is among the highest proportions seen in similar areas. This shift is stark, with the same figure rising by 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 52.3%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 52.3%, the share of people with no religion is far above the national figure of 38.9% and well above South Australia's 45.8%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 38.5%, while other religions, including Buddhism and Hinduism, each account for around 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Gambier, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 51.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.6%
- Anglican 6.1%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4002/mount-gambier/topic/religion