33.9% ▲ +102.0%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Richmond Valley · Council (LGA)
Religion in Richmond Valley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 17 percentage points in those with no religion has seen Richmond Valley shift its spiritual landscape since 2011. While a majority of residents still identify with a faith, the area is seeing a move away from traditional beliefs.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population (53.8%) identify as Christian, while 33.9% claim no religion. This lack of affiliation is well below the national figure of 38.9%, though it is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Richmond Valley, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 17.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 33.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
- Sikhism 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 Richmond Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16610/richmond-valley/topic/religion