44.5% ▲ +98.1%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ourimbah - Fountaindale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Ourimbah - Fountaindale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in belief has occurred in Ourimbah - Fountaindale, where the share of people reporting no religion jumped 22 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, making it far more secular than the rest of the state.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.5% of the area, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Those identifying as Christians account for 48.1%, while Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims each represent around 0.5% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Ourimbah - Fountaindale splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 15.7%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 43.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Ourimbah - Fountaindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102021051/ourimbah-fountaindale/topic/religion