39.0% ▲ +125.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Surf Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Surf Beach now report having no religion, with this group making up 39% of the population. This shift reflects a broader trend where non-religious residents are now more common than in the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half of the population (48.7%) identifies as Christian, while 39% of residents have no religion. This latter figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2% and about the same as the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Surf Beach, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 19.8%
- Anglican 16.3%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 37.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13712/surf-beach/topic/religion