46.8% ▲ +96.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merewether - The Junction · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Merewether - The Junction
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Merewether - The Junction report having no religion. This shift is striking, as the number of residents without a faith has jumped by 23 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.8% of the population identifies with no religion, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 33.2%. This group is slightly larger than those who identify as Christian, who make up 46.4% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merewether - The Junction splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (46%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 46.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 13.2%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
- Sikhism 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 Merewether - The Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031228/merewether-the-junction/topic/religion