43.5% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Coffs Harbour · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Coffs Harbour
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Coffs Harbour report no religion compared to the rest of the state. About 43.5% of residents now identify as non-religious, which is far above the New South Wales figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 43.5%. This is well above the Australian figure of 38.9%, while those who identify as Christians make up 43.3% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Coffs Harbour splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 42.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 16.3%
- Anglican 14.3%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Sikhism 2.0%
- Other religious groups 0.9%
- 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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10402/coffs-harbour/topic/religion