31.0% ▲ +122.2%
Lower than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Central West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Central West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 17 percentage points in those with no religion since 2011 marks a significant shift for Central West. While the number of people claiming no faith has grown, the region remains more religious than most other areas, with 58.1% of people identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 58.1%, while 31.0% of people report no religion. This last figure is well below the national average and a little below the New South Wales figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Central West, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Catholic 25.8%
- Anglican 18.6%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 30.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/103/central-west/topic/religion