44.9% ▲ +146.8%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Charlestown · State Electorate
Religion in Charlestown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Charlestown, where 47.8% of people identify with the religion. This is alongside a very strong rise in people claiming no faith. The number of residents with no religion has jumped by 27 percentage points since 2011, reaching 44.9% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 45% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other groups include Buddhism at 0.8% and Hinduism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Charlestown splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 19.3%
- Anglican 14.2%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- 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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10018/charlestown/topic/religion