53.7% ▲ +142.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Arm · Urban Centre
Religion in South Arm
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the population in South Arm now reports having no religion. This shift is a defining feature of the area, where the number of people without a faith has climbed sharply since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 53.7% of residents have no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. This group has grown by 32 percentage points over the last decade, leaving Christianity as the second largest group at 36.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South Arm, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 53.9%
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- Anglican 17.1%
- Catholic 11.7%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 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 South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621025/south-arm/topic/religion