33.4% ▲ +140.0%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hawkesbury · State Electorate
Religion in Hawkesbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Hawkesbury identify as Christian, making the area more religious than most similar regions. While faith remains a strong part of local life, the number of residents claiming no religion has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 58.2%, while 33.4% of residents have no religion. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9%, though it is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hawkesbury, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 33%.
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- Catholic 27.0%
- Anglican 19.0%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 33.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10033/hawkesbury/topic/religion