44.6% ▲ +73.9%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North Shore · State Electorate
Religion in North Shore
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in North Shore report having no religion, a figure that has climbed sharply in recent years. This makes the area much more secular than the rest of the state and the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of residents with no religion rose 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 44.6%. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, while 42.5% of the population identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →North Shore splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 43.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10060/north-shore/topic/religion