40.0% ▲ +72.2%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shortland - Jesmond · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Shortland - Jesmond
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Shortland - Jesmond identify as having no religion compared to the state average. This trend has grown rapidly over the last decade, with the number of people reporting no religion rising by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Forty per cent of residents now report having no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 36.6% and Islam at 6.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Shortland - Jesmond splits fairly evenly between No religion (40%) and Christianity (37%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- No religion 39.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 13.6%
- Anglican 9.4%
- Other Christian 5.2%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- 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 Shortland - Jesmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031231/shortland-jesmond/topic/religion