37.9% ▲ +113.1%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kempsey · Council (LGA)
Religion in Kempsey
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher proportion of people in Kempsey identify with a religion compared to the New South Wales average. Nearly half the population identifies as Christian, though the number of people reporting no religion has surged over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.7%, while 37.9% of people have no religion. This last group is well above the New South Wales figure and rose by 20 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kempsey, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (12%).
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 17.2%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 37.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14350/kempsey/topic/religion