37.8% —
Lower than 61% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rest of NSW · Capital City
Religion in Rest of NSW
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 11 percentage points in people reporting no religion has seen this figure reach 37.8% across Rest of NSW. While more than half the population still identifies as Christian, the area is becoming less religious over time.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 51.1%, though those with no religion now make up 37.8% of the population. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2% and sits just below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rest of NSW, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Anglican 17.0%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 37.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Rest of NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/1RNSW/rest-of-nsw/topic/religion