37.0% ▲ +128.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cessnock · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Cessnock
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher share of people in Cessnock identify as religious compared to the New South Wales average. While 37% of the population reports no religion, this is nearly 4 points higher than the state figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.3%. Those with no religion make up 37% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (16%).
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- Anglican 18.8%
- Catholic 15.1%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 36.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10877/cessnock/topic/religion