31.6% ▲ +130.9%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Upper Hunter · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Upper Hunter
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much smaller share of people identify as having no religion in the Upper Hunter compared to the national figure. While 31.6% of residents report no faith, this is well below the Australian average of 38.9%. This trend is shifting, however, as the number of people with no religion rose by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 58.4%. Other religions make up a small minority, with Buddhism at 0.6% and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Upper Hunter, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Anglican 27.6%
- Catholic 21.7%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 31.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10604/upper-hunter/topic/religion