38.0% ▲ +109.6%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kiama - Shellharbour · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Kiama - Shellharbour
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A larger share of people in Kiama - Shellharbour identify as having no religion compared to the New South Wales average. While 38% of residents report no religious affiliation, this figure has climbed steeply by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 53.6%, though the number of people with no religion is now well above the state figure. Other faiths are less common, with Islam at 0.9%, Buddhism at 0.7%, and Hinduism at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kiama - Shellharbour, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 24.2%
- Anglican 16.0%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Orthodox 3.0%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 37.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Kiama - Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10703/kiama-shellharbour/topic/religion