32.0% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Jesmond · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Jesmond
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify as having no religion in Jesmond than in most similar areas. While roughly 32% of residents claim no faith, the community is split almost evenly between those with no religion and those who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 32% of people report no religion, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and well below the national average. Other common faiths include Islam at 16.1%, Hinduism at 3%, and Buddhism at 2.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Jesmond splits fairly evenly between No religion (32%) and Christianity (32%), with Islam at 16%.
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- No religion 31.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 10.6%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Orthodox 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- 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 Jesmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12032/jesmond/topic/religion