40.6% ▲ +86.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forresters Beach · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Forresters Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism has seen the number of people with no religion grow since 2011 in Forresters Beach. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, 40.6% of residents now claim no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 40.6% of people reporting no religion is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and a little above the national figure of 38.9%. Christian faith remains the most common affiliation at 52.2%, followed by small groups of Buddhists (0.7%) and Muslims (0.3%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Forresters Beach, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 18.0%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 40.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Forresters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11552/forresters-beach/topic/religion