58.9% ▲ +235.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newtown · State Electorate
Religion in Newtown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Newtown claim no religion than the national average, with 58.9% of residents identifying as non-religious. This represents a massive shift for the area, where the number of people with no faith has climbed by 41 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here is non-religious, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 25.5%, followed by Buddhism at 3.6%, Islam at 1.3% and Hinduism at 1.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Newtown, No religion is the majority at 59%; Christianity is next at 25%.
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- No religion 57.6%
- Secular beliefs 1.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.8%
- Anglican 4.9%
- Orthodox 2.7%
- Other Christian 1.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10059/newtown/topic/religion