47.6% ▲ +129.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Meerschaum Vale · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Meerschaum Vale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Meerschaum Vale report having no religion, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This trend creates a near-equal split between those with no faith and those who identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 47.6%, the proportion of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9% and far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Christians make up the other major group at 47%, while Buddhism accounts for a small 0.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Meerschaum Vale splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (48%), with Not stated at 3%.
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- No religion 47.1%
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- Catholic 17.7%
- Anglican 15.0%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Baptist 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
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 Meerschaum Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12566/meerschaum-vale/topic/religion