60.2% ▲ +146.5%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Compass · Urban Centre
Religion in Mount Compass
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 60% of people in Mount Compass report having no religion, making it one of the most secular areas in its class. This shift has been rapid, with the proportion of residents without a faith jumping by 36 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those reporting no religion make up 60.2% of the population, which is far above the South Australian figure of 45.8% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next largest group at 30.3%, while Buddhism and other religions each account for 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Compass, No religion is the majority at 60%; Christianity is next at 30%.
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- No religion 59.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 8.1%
- Catholic 6.9%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Compass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415031/mount-compass/topic/religion