41.3% ▲ +102.2%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kiama · Council (LGA)
Religion in Kiama
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 21 percentage points in those claiming no religion since 2011 marks a major shift for Kiama. While most residents still identify as Christian, a growing number of people are moving away from formal faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than four in ten people here report no religion, a figure well above the New South Wales average. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 51.3%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam each account for 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kiama, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 22.0%
- Anglican 17.5%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 40.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14400/kiama/topic/religion