40.0% ▲ +109.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Terrigal · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Terrigal
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Terrigal now report having no religion, a trend that has seen 40% of the population move away from faith. This shift means more than double the number of residents now identify as non-religious compared to just a few decades ago.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 51.5% of people identify as Christian, those with no religion make up 40% of the population. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and a little above the Australian average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Terrigal, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 23.6%
- Anglican 15.1%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 39.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Terrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13820/terrigal/topic/religion