30.9% ▲ +117.1%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
New England and North West · Region (SA4)
Religion in New England and North West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A jump of 17 percentage points since 2011 marks a significant shift in faith for New England and North West, where the share of people with no religion has risen to 30.9%. Despite this growth, the region remains more religious than most of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 55.7%, while the 30.9% who claim no religion is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism at 0.7% and Buddhism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In New England and North West, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Anglican 23.1%
- Catholic 20.2%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 30.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 New England and North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/110/new-england-and-north-west/topic/religion