40.1% ▲ +104.2%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nambucca Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Nambucca Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nambucca Heads sits around the middle for its level of religious affiliation compared to similar areas. While nearly half the population identifies as Christian, the number of people claiming no religion has surged to 40.1%. This shift reflects a broader trend of declining traditional faith in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.7%, but the share of people with no religion has risen by 20 points since 2011. At 40.1%, this figure is well above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nambucca Heads, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 17.5%
- Anglican 16.4%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 39.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021158/nambucca-heads/topic/religion