44.8% ▲ +91.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Wallsend · Suburb / Locality
Religion in West Wallsend
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in West Wallsend now report having no religion compared to previous years. This shift has left the area with a religious profile that is quite different from the state average, with nearly 45% of residents identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.8% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 47.4%, while Hinduism and Buddhism each account for less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →West Wallsend splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 17.3%
- Anglican 15.1%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
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- No religion 44.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- 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 West Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14270/west-wallsend/topic/religion