32.4% ▲ +153.4%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gunnedah · Council (LGA)
Religion in Gunnedah
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Gunnedah compared to most similar areas. While 56.9% of the population is Christian, the number of residents with no religion has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people reporting no religion rose 20 points since 2011 to reach 32.4%. This figure is well below the national average of 38.9% and is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gunnedah, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 22.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 32.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13550/gunnedah/topic/religion