29.1% ▲ +116.4%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Upper Hunter Shire · Council (LGA)
Religion in Upper Hunter Shire
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise in people reporting no faith has seen that group grow by 16 percentage points since 2011 in Upper Hunter Shire. Despite this trend, the area remains more religious than most of the country, with 61.9% of residents identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 29.1% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other groups include Buddhism at 0.4%, Hinduism at 0.4%, and Islam at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Upper Hunter Shire, Christianity is the majority at 62%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Anglican 29.9%
- Catholic 22.9%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 28.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Upper Hunter Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17620/upper-hunter-shire/topic/religion