41.4% ▲ +91.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Malua Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Malua Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Malua Bay identify as Christian, while 41.4% say they have no religion. This mix reflects a community where traditional faith and a growing number of non-religious residents live side-by-side.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 41.4% who report no religion is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and a little above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the most common faith at 49.2%, with Buddhism and other religions making up very small shares.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Malua Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 21.4%
- Anglican 15.5%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 41.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Malua Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12471/malua-bay/topic/religion