43.7% —
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northern Beaches · Council (LGA)
Religion in Northern Beaches
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the Northern Beaches population, or 47.7%, identifies as Christian. The area's religious landscape is shifting quickly, with a growing number of people now reporting no religion at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 43.7% of people here have no religion, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average and rose 9.4 points since 2016. Other common faiths include Buddhism at 1.4% and Hinduism at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northern Beaches splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 22.8%
- Anglican 14.5%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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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 Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15990/northern-beaches/topic/religion