39.6% ▲ +126.4%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lower Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Lower Hunter
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Lower Hunter identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While this remains the lead affiliation, there has been a significant shift toward people reporting no religion. This group now represents nearly 40% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 51.1%, but the share of people with no religion has jumped 22 percentage points since 2011 to reach 39.6%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lower Hunter, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Anglican 20.7%
- Catholic 18.7%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 39.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Lower Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10601/lower-hunter/topic/religion