46.6% ▲ +81.6%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wakefield · Council (LGA)
Religion in Wakefield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Wakefield now report having no religion, a figure that has surged since 2011. This shift has seen those with no faith become the largest group in the area, making up 46.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people reporting no religion rose by 21 percentage points since 2011, reaching 46.6% in 2021. This is well above the national figure of 38.9%, while Christianity follows closely at 45.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Wakefield splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Uniting Church 13.2%
- Catholic 11.0%
- Other Christian 11.0%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48130/wakefield/topic/religion