42.1% ▲ +139.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Empire Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Empire Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in Empire Bay report having no religion, creating a community where non-religious views are much more common than across New South Wales. This shift toward secularism is a key feature of the local area, though half of the population still identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 50%, while 42.1% of residents have no religion. This no-religion figure is well above the national average of 38.9% and the state figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Empire Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 21.6%
- Anglican 19.4%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 41.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Empire Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11418/empire-bay/topic/religion