42.1% ▲ +82.5%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Coffs Harbour · Council (LGA)
Religion in Coffs Harbour
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Coffs Harbour, where 44.7% of people identify with a Christian denomination. The area has seen a significant shift in beliefs, with a growing number of residents now reporting no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 42.1% of the population, a figure that is well above the national 38.9% and the state's 33.2%. This represents a sharp rise of 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Coffs Harbour splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 17.1%
- Anglican 14.4%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 2.3%
- Other religious groups 1.0%
- 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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11800/coffs-harbour/topic/religion