45.1% ▲ +101.4%
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newcastle · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Newcastle
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in belief has seen the number of people with no religion in Newcastle climb by 23 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, making it a much more secular area than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.1% of people here have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity remains common at 44.5%, while Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism each account for around 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Newcastle splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.0%
- Anglican 12.7%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11103/newcastle/topic/religion