36.8% ▲ +71.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Armidale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Armidale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A larger proportion of people in Armidale claim a religious affiliation compared to the New South Wales average. While 44.4% of the population identify as Christians, the number of people reporting no religion has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.8% of residents have no religion, which is a little below the national figure of 38.9% but well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%. Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism at 1.8% and Islam at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Armidale, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Catholic 16.7%
- Anglican 16.1%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 36.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 2.7%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110011186/armidale/topic/religion