31.7% ▲ +110.7%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wagga Wagga · Council (LGA)
Religion in Wagga Wagga
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the population in Wagga Wagga identifies as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. While the number of people with no religion has jumped by 17 percentage points since 2011, this figure remains well below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the primary faith at 57%, while 31.7% of residents report no religion. This share of non-religious people is much lower than in most similar areas and sits 7.2 percentage points below the Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 27.1%
- Anglican 15.3%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 31.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 1.5%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17750/wagga-wagga/topic/religion