49.2% ▲ +84.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Broken Hill · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Broken Hill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Broken Hill report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This creates a striking gap compared to the rest of the state, where fewer people identify as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.2% of people here have no religion, which is 16 percentage points higher than in New South Wales. The remaining residents are mostly Christian at 39.2%, while Buddhism and Hinduism each account for 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Broken Hill, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 48.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 17.9%
- Anglican 8.9%
- Uniting Church 6.1%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10589/broken-hill/topic/religion