38.2% ▲ +110.2%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Macquarie · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Port Macquarie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher proportion of people in Port Macquarie claim no religion than the state average. While 38.2% of residents now identify as non-religious, over half the population still holds a Christian faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people reporting no religion has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 38.2%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, although it is about the same as the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Macquarie, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 19.6%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 37.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10804/port-macquarie/topic/religion