26.5% ▲ +107.6%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Walcha · Council (LGA)
Religion in Walcha
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far lower share of people claim no religion in Walcha than across the rest of the country. While 38.9% of Australians identify as non-religious, only 26.5% of people in Walcha do the same, making it much lower than most areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 62.1%. Although the number of people reporting no religion has risen 14 points since 2011, this figure is still well below the New South Wales rate of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Walcha, Christianity is the majority at 62%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Anglican 30.3%
- Catholic 17.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 8.5%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 26.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
- Sikhism 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 Walcha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17850/walcha/topic/religion