36.3% ▲ +145.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shellharbour · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Shellharbour
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of 3.1 percentage points separates Shellharbour from the New South Wales average in the number of people reporting no religion. Most residents here identify with a faith, with 57% of the population claiming a Christian affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.3% of people have no religion, which is a little below the Australian figure but well above the state average. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism and Islam each representing 0.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Shellharbour, Christianity is the majority at 57%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 27.6%
- Anglican 17.3%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 35.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13548/shellharbour/topic/religion