35.1% ▲ +123.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forster · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Forster
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much lower proportion of people in Forster identify as having no religion compared to the national figure. While many Australians now report no faith, over half of this community remains connected to a religious tradition, with 55.7% identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Around 35.1% of residents have no religion, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism and Hinduism each at 0.7% and Islam at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Forster, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 35%.
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- Anglican 22.7%
- Catholic 20.2%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- No religion 34.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
- Sikhism 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 Forster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11553/forster/topic/religion