45.0% ▲ +74.7%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
2302, NSW · Postcode
Religion in 2302, NSW
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in postcode 2302 report having no religion, marking a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. This trend has grown rapidly over the last decade, making the community far less religious than the average Australian neighborhood.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion now make up 45.0% of the area, a figure that rose 19 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the national figure of 38.9% and far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 40.2%, Islam at 3.3%, Buddhism at 2.8%, and Hinduism at 2.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →2302, NSW splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 44.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.4%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 1.3%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
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 2302, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2302/2302-nsw/topic/religion