65.9% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.7%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Newtown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 66% of people in Newtown report having no religion, a figure that is far above the national average. This makes the area one of the least religious places in the country, where a clear majority of residents do not identify with any faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 65.9% of residents have no religion, which is far above the 38.9% figure for Australia. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 21.5%, followed by Buddhism at 2.8%, and Islam and Judaism both at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Newtown, No religion is the majority at 66%; Christianity is next at 22%.
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- No religion 64.5%
- Secular beliefs 1.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 10.4%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Orthodox 2.5%
- Other Christian 1.5%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
- Sikhism 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12969/newtown/topic/religion