36.6% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whitlam · Federal Electorate
Religion in Whitlam
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people in Whitlam identify with a religion than in most similar areas. While over half the population is Christian, the number of people reporting no religion has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53.8%, but 36.6% of people now report no religion. This figure is well above the New South Wales average, though it remains a little below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Whitlam, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 16.6%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Orthodox 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Whitlam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED147/whitlam/topic/religion