38.8% ▲ +118.0%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wyong · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Wyong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from organised faith is the biggest story in Wyong, where the number of people with no religion has surged. While more than half the population still identifies as Christian, the community has seen a rapid change in how people view faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 38.8%. This figure is about the same as the national level, though it is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wyong, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 39%.
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- Catholic 22.8%
- Anglican 17.9%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 38.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10202/wyong/topic/religion