39.7% ▲ +137.5%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Monaro · State Electorate
Religion in Monaro
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher proportion of people in Monaro claim no religion compared to the New South Wales average. While nearly 40% of the population now identify as non-religious, Christianity remains the most common faith in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The share of people with no religion rose 23 points since 2011 to reach 39.7%, which is well above the state figure of 33.2%. Christianity is the most common affiliation at 47.9%, followed by Hinduism at 1.8% and Islam at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Monaro, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 23.0%
- Anglican 13.6%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Orthodox 2.1%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 39.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Monaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10053/monaro/topic/religion