36.6% ▲ +90.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Oyster Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Oyster Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Oyster Bay now report having no religion than in 2011. Christianity remains the most common faith here, with 58.4% of the population identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.6% of residents have no religion, which is a little below the national figure of 38.9% but well above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Oyster Bay, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 28.9%
- Anglican 17.1%
- Orthodox 3.7%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Oyster Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13123/oyster-bay/topic/religion