39.2% ▲ +104.5%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kempsey - Nambucca · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Kempsey - Nambucca
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rapid shift toward secularism has seen the number of people with no religion in Kempsey - Nambucca jump by 20 percentage points since 2011. While nearly 40% of the population now reports no faith, Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 47.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.2% of residents have no religion, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average. This is about the same as the national figure, though it is lower than what is found in most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kempsey - Nambucca, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Catholic 18.0%
- Anglican 16.7%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 38.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Kempsey - Nambucca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10802/kempsey-nambucca/topic/religion