51.2% ▲ +73.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Lincoln · Urban Centre
Religion in Port Lincoln
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Port Lincoln report having no religion, making it a much more secular area than most of the country. This shift is stark, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of the population (51.2%) now identify as having no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 38.9%, while other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism each account for around 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Lincoln, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 14.5%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Uniting Church 6.7%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Port Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413004/port-lincoln/topic/religion