41.5% ▲ +124.8%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cessnock · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cessnock
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 41% of people in Cessnock report having no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This reflects a significant shift in the area, as the number of non-religious residents has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 48.5% of the population identify as Christians, those with no religion now make up 41.5% of the community. This figure rose by 23 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area a little above the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Anglican 19.2%
- Catholic 17.7%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11720/cessnock/topic/religion