38.4% ▲ +103.0%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Clarence Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Clarence Valley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify with a religion in Clarence Valley than in most similar areas. While Christianity remains the largest group at 49.5%, there has been a sharp rise in those with no faith. This shift is most evident in the rapid growth of the non-religious group over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion now make up 38.4% of the population, a figure that rose 19 points since 2011. This is about the same as the national figure, though it sits well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Clarence Valley, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Anglican 19.5%
- Catholic 17.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 38.0%
- 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 Clarence Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10401/clarence-valley/topic/religion