33.8% ▲ +88.9%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Tenterfield · Council (LGA)
Religion in Tenterfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 16 percentage points in people with no religion since 2011 has shifted the spiritual landscape of Tenterfield. Over half the population still identifies as Christian, while those with no faith now make up about one-third of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 52.5%. While 33.8% of residents now report no religion, this is well below the national figure of 38.9% and about the same as the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Tenterfield, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Anglican 19.0%
- Catholic 18.6%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 33.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17400/tenterfield/topic/religion