48.0% ▲ +194.3%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Manly · State Electorate
Religion in Manly
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Manly report having no religion, making it the most common spiritual status in the area. This shift is striking, as the number of people claiming no faith has surged by 32 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48% of people here have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and well above the Australian average. Christianity is the next largest group at 43.8%, while Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Manly splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 47.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 13.3%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Manly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10050/manly/topic/religion