10.1% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mer (Murray) Island · Urban Centre
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a central role in daily life on Mer (Murray) Island, where 84.7% of people identify as Christians. Very few residents report having no religion, a figure that is far lower than across the rest of Australia.
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 10.1% of people here have no religion, which is far below the national figure of 38.9% and among the lowest for similar areas. This number has also fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
10.1% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
In Mer (Murray) Island, Christianity is the majority at 85%; No religion is next at 10%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Mer (Murray) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322077/mer-island/topic/religion