39.2% ▲ +102.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nambucca Heads · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Nambucca Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Nambucca Heads identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While the community remains diverse in its beliefs, a large portion of the population now identifies as having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.4% of people identify as Christians. Another 39.2% report no religion, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average but about the same as the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nambucca Heads, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 17.7%
- Anglican 16.6%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 38.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12898/nambucca-heads/topic/religion