28.7% ▲ +69.3%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A strong sense of religious identity defines Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay, where far fewer people identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the country. While this figure has grown to 28.7%, the area remains much more religious than most other parts of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 39.2%, while Judaism is very prominent at 21.2%. The proportion of people reporting no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%, though it has risen 12 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 39%, followed by No religion (29%) and Judaism (21%).
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 11.2%
- Orthodox 5.5%
- Other Christian 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- No religion 28.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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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 Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118011346/rose-bay-vaucluse-watsons-bay/topic/religion