41.3% ▲ +108.8%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gosford · State Electorate
Religion in Gosford
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than twice as many people in Gosford now report having no religion compared to 2011. This shift is a major part of the local landscape, with 41.3% of residents now identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.8% of residents are Christian, the number of people with no religion has risen 22 points since 2011 to 41.3%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and a little above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gosford, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 15.2%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10030/gosford/topic/religion