33.7% ▲ +98.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shoal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Shoal Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people hold a religious faith in Shoal Bay than in most similar areas. Over half the population identifies as Christian, while those with no religion make up 33.7% of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 54.2%, while 33.7% of residents report no religion. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average, but well below the national rate of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Shoal Bay, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 20.6%
- Anglican 20.5%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 33.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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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 Shoal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13554/shoal-bay/topic/religion