42.3% ▲ +115.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wollongbar · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Wollongbar
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from traditional faith has seen the number of people reporting no religion rise in Wollongbar. More than 42% of the population now identify as non-religious, a figure that is well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of residents (51.6%) identify as Christian, but the 42.3% with no religion is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.9% and Hinduism at 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wollongbar, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 42%.
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 14.6%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 41.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14375/wollongbar/topic/religion