42.2% ▲ +96.3%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wamberal - Forresters Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Wamberal - Forresters Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in beliefs has seen the number of people with no religion in Wamberal - Forresters Beach double since 2011. Now, 42.2% of the community identifies as non-religious, a figure that is well above the national average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About half of residents are Christian, while 42.2% report no religion, which is 9 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average. Other faiths are less common, including Buddhism at 0.7%, and Islam and Hinduism both at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wamberal - Forresters Beach, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 42%.
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 16.2%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 41.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.1%
- Other religious groups 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 Wamberal - Forresters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011041/wamberal-forresters-beach/topic/religion