45.2% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Pittwater · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Pittwater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Pittwater report having no religion, which shapes a local landscape where secular views are increasingly common. This shift is most evident in the 20 point jump in those with no faith since 2011, making the area much less religious than the typical Australian suburb.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.2% of residents identify as Christian, those with no religion make up 45.2% of the population. This figure is far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2% and well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Pittwater splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 16.6%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 0.9%
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- No religion 44.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Pittwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12202/pittwater/topic/religion