40.3% ▲ +102.1%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kiama · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Kiama
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Kiama identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While Christianity remains the largest category, there has been a significant shift away from organised faith in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.3% of residents now report having no religion, a figure that has risen by 20 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and slightly higher than the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kiama, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 22.2%
- Anglican 17.7%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 39.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/107031138/kiama/topic/religion