41.6% ▲ +109.1%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shoalhaven · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Shoalhaven
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and belief are shifting across Shoalhaven, where 41.6% of people now report having no religion. This reflects a significant change in how the local community views spirituality compared to previous decades.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half the population identifies as Christian (48.0%), but the number of people with no religion has surged by 22 percentage points since 2011. This 41.6% figure is now well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Shoalhaven, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Anglican 18.3%
- Catholic 18.0%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 41.2%
- 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 Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11401/shoalhaven/topic/religion