27.3% ▲ +117.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whalan · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Whalan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people report having no religion in Whalan than in most similar areas. While 48.1% of the population identify as Christian, the proportion of residents with no religious affiliation is far below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half the population is Christian, while 8.1% identify as Muslim and 2.1% as Hindu. The 27.3% of people claiming no religion is well below the New South Wales figure and much lower than most other areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Whalan, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (27%) and Not stated (12%).
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 10.5%
- Other Christian 8.3%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
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- No religion 27.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Whalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14283/whalan/topic/religion