51.1% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Waterloo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Waterloo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of residents now identify as having no religion in Waterloo, which is the most common status here. Over half the population—51.1%—now report no religious affiliation, a figure far above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of the people in Waterloo (51.1%) have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 28.7%, Buddhism at 4.4%, and Islam at 2.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Waterloo, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 29%.
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- No religion 50.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.5%
- Anglican 4.2%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Orthodox 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031647/waterloo/topic/religion