43.4% ▲ +110.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kiama Downs · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Kiama Downs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in Kiama Downs report having no religion, which is a far higher share than across New South Wales. This reflects a community where a large portion of the population identifies as non-religious, though Christianity remains the most common affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Around 43.4% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian (50.7%), while Buddhism (0.6%) and Islam (0.2%) represent very small groups.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kiama Downs, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 43%.
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- Catholic 21.8%
- Anglican 16.9%
- Other Christian 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 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 Kiama Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12125/kiama-downs/topic/religion