47.8% ▲ +101.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merewether Heights · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Merewether Heights
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Merewether Heights report having no religion. This creates a landscape where non-religious residents are far more common than in the rest of New South Wales, making the area stand out for its secular outlook.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to have no religion (47.8%) than any other faith, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity follows closely at 44.5%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism make up a very small part of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merewether Heights splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 47.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
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- Catholic 19.9%
- Anglican 13.1%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Orthodox 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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 Merewether Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12585/merewether-heights/topic/religion