44.9% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
River Heads · Suburb / Locality
Religion in River Heads
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in River Heads report having no religion, making it a more secular area than most of the country. While Christianity remains the largest group at 48.8%, the gap between religious and non-religious residents is very narrow here.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.9% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9% and higher than most other areas. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.6% and other religions at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →River Heads splits fairly evenly between Christianity (49%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Anglican 17.4%
- Catholic 15.8%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 44.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 River Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32435/river-heads/topic/religion