41.8% ▲ +133.5%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cessnock · State Electorate
Religion in Cessnock
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Cessnock now identify as having no religion, reflecting a shift in how the community connects spiritually. Nearly 42% of residents report no religious affiliation, a figure that has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 48.5% of people identify as Christians, those with no religion make up 41.8% of the population. This group has grown by 24 percentage points since 2011 and is now well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Anglican 18.4%
- Catholic 17.8%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 41.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10017/cessnock/topic/religion