36.5% ▲ +129.3%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Macquarie - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Port Macquarie - West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A larger share of people in Port Macquarie - West identify as having no religion compared to the New South Wales average. While over half the population is Christian, the number of people reporting no faith has surged by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 36.5% of the area, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% but a little below the national average of 38.9%. Christianity remains the most common faith at 53.1%, followed by Hinduism at 1.0% and Buddhism at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Macquarie - West, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Anglican 19.2%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Port Macquarie - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041164/port-macquarie-west/topic/religion