41.0% ▲ +107.4%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gosford · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Gosford
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Gosford identifies as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. However, there has been a significant shift in beliefs, with the number of people claiming no religion jumping by 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Forty-one per cent of residents now report no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other religious groups are smaller, with Buddhism at 1.2%, Hinduism at 0.8%, and Islam at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gosford, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 20.7%
- Anglican 15.7%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- No religion 40.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10201/gosford/topic/religion