38.3% ▲ +88.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Taree Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Taree Surrounds
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and belief vary widely across Taree Surrounds, where over half the population identifies as Christian. While many people still hold these beliefs, those with no religion have grown significantly. This shift reflects a broader change in how people in the region think about faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half the population (51.9%) is Christian, while 38.3% report no religion. This last group is well above the New South Wales figure, and the number of people with no religion has risen 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Taree Surrounds, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Anglican 22.5%
- Catholic 15.2%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 37.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Taree Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051170/taree-surrounds/topic/religion