39.5% ▲ +158.7%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hunter · Federal Electorate
Religion in Hunter
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rapid shift away from faith has defined Hunter, where the number of people reporting no religion surged by 24 percentage points since 2011. Over half the population still identifies as Christian, but the area is now very similar to the national average in its lack of religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.5% of people now claim no religion, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 51.3%, other religions like Buddhism (0.7%), Hinduism (0.5%), and Islam (0.4%) make up a very small part of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hunter, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Anglican 18.7%
- Catholic 18.2%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 39.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED121/hunter/topic/religion