39.5% ▲ +116.1%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nowra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Nowra
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is clear in Nowra, where 39.5% of people now report having no religion. This represents a significant change for the area, as the number of people without a faith has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 44.5%. While the proportion of people with no religion is about the same as the national figure, it is well above the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Nowra splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- Catholic 17.4%
- Anglican 15.4%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 39.2%
- 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 Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/114011278/nowra/topic/religion