38.3% ▲ +88.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nelson Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Nelson Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher proportion of residents in Nelson Bay identify as having no religion compared to the New South Wales average. Over a third of the population reports no faith, which is a figure roughly in line with the national trend.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 52%, while 38.3% of people have no religion. This lack of affiliation is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, but about the same as the Australian average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nelson Bay, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 17.1%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Orthodox 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Baptist 1.3%
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- No religion 37.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12932/nelson-bay/topic/religion