40.4% ▲ +97.9%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Manly West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Manly West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism is clear in Manly West, where the number of people reporting no religion has doubled since 2011. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, those with no religious affiliation now make up 40.4% of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 52.1%, though the 40.4% who claim no religion is a little above the national figure. This lack of religious affiliation rose by 20 percentage points over ten years, reaching a level about the same as the Queensland average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Manly West, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 22.9%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Baptist 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 40.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Manly West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031016/manly-west/topic/religion