42.9% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Alice Springs · Urban Area
Religion in Alice Springs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Alice Springs report having no religion, making it the most common response. This reflects a significant shift in the community, as the number of people without a religious affiliation has climbed by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 42.9% of residents have no religion—well above the national figure of 38.9%—Christianity remains common at 41%. Other groups include Hindus at 2.4%, and those with other religions or Buddhism at 2% and 1.5% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Alice Springs splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 42.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Other Christian 10.2%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 1.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7001/alice-springs/topic/religion