40.8% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Murwillumbah
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Murwillumbah report no religion compared to the state average. While 40.8% of the community identify as non-religious, Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 43.2%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is 40.8%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and a little above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Hinduism at 3.2%, Buddhism at 1.0%, and other religions at 1.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Murwillumbah splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 17.8%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 39.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12877/murwillumbah/topic/religion