39.9% ▲ +112.1%
Lower than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central Coast · Region (SA4)
Religion in Central Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Central Coast report having no religion compared to the New South Wales average. Roughly 40% of residents do not identify with a faith, marking a significant shift in the region's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 50.9% of people identify as Christians, the proportion of those with no religion has jumped 21 points since 2011 to reach 39.9%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2% and a little above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Central Coast, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 16.8%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 39.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/102/central-coast/topic/religion