45.4% ▲ +101.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newcastle · Council (LGA)
Religion in Newcastle
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of over 12 percentage points separates Newcastle from the New South Wales average in terms of non-religious residents. This is a significant shift for the area, where nearly half of the population now reports no religious affiliation. The community has seen a rapid move away from traditional faith over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 45.4%, a figure that rose 23 points since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 38.9%, while 44.0% of residents identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Newcastle splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 44.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15900/newcastle/topic/religion