43.0% ▲ +125.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Boolaroo · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Boolaroo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 10 percentage points more people in Boolaroo report having no religion compared to the New South Wales average. This shift is part of a broader trend where 43% of residents now identify as non-religious, making it a much more secular area than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.8% of residents identify as Christians, while 43% report no religion, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism at 1.1% and Buddhism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Boolaroo, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Anglican 17.9%
- Catholic 16.6%
- Uniting Church 4.2%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 42.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Boolaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10480/boolaroo/topic/religion