49.1% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barmera · Urban Centre
Religion in Barmera
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher proportion of people in Barmera claim no religion compared to the national average. Nearly half of the population now identifies as non-religious, marking a significant shift in the local community's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 49.1% of residents report having no religion, which is 10 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. This represents a sharp increase from 2011, when only 27.6% of the community felt this way, while 42.3% still identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barmera, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 48.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 10.5%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Other Christian 8.1%
- Uniting Church 7.8%
- Orthodox 5.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415005/barmera/topic/religion