42.7% ▲ +84.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds, where 44.5% of people identify with the religion. While this is the largest group, the area has seen a sharp rise in people claiming no faith over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.7% 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 the national average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Anglican 19.3%
- Catholic 15.5%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- No religion 42.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Forster-Tuncurry Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108011153/forster-tuncurry-surrounds/topic/religion