37.0% ▲ +112.4%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shellharbour · Council (LGA)
Religion in Shellharbour
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has seen the share of people with no religion in Shellharbour jump by 20 percentage points since 2011. This group now makes up 37.0% of the population, while Christianity remains the most common faith at 54.3%. These figures show a community in transition as traditional religious ties loosen.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people reporting no religion is now 37.0%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% but a little below the Australian average of 38.9%. Other faiths include Islam at 1.2%, Buddhism at 0.7%, and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Shellharbour, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 24.8%
- Anglican 15.5%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 36.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16900/shellharbour/topic/religion