45.3% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Peterborough · Urban Centre
Religion in Peterborough
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Peterborough, where the number of people reporting no religion rose 16 points since 2011. Nearly half of the population now identifies as non-religious, a figure well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion now make up 45.3% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the South Australian figure. This group is larger than the 36.6% who identify with Christianity.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Peterborough, the largest group is No religion at 45%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (17%).
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- No religion 45.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 11.9%
- Anglican 9.5%
- Uniting Church 7.4%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415035/peterborough/topic/religion