42.4% ▲ +86.3%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northern Beaches · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Northern Beaches
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Northern Beaches report no religion compared to the national figure. Nearly 42% of residents don't identify with a faith, a figure that has jumped significantly in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.9%, though the number of people with no religion rose 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.4%. This is well above the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northern Beaches splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 42.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021486/northern-beaches/topic/religion