39.6% ▲ +129.1%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dapto - Avondale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Dapto - Avondale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge of 22 percentage points in people reporting no religion has shifted the spiritual landscape of Dapto - Avondale. While over half the area identifies as Christian, the number of residents with no faith has climbed rapidly since 2011 to reach 39.6%. This trend makes the area's lack of religious affiliation well above the New South Wales figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53%, while 39.6% of people have no religion, which is about the same as the national figure. Other faiths are less common, with Islam at 0.8% and Buddhism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dapto - Avondale, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 17.6%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Orthodox 2.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 39.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
- 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 Dapto - Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107011131/dapto-avondale/topic/religion