43.5% ▲ +92.0%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Eden · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Eden
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 21 percentage point jump in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks a major shift in Eden. Now, nearly half of the population does not identify with any faith, making it a much less religious area than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 43.5% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.1%, while Buddhism, other religions and Islam each account for 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Eden splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Anglican 17.9%
- Catholic 17.7%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- No religion 43.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041023/eden/topic/religion