30.9% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northern Tablelands · State Electorate
Religion in Northern Tablelands
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Northern Tablelands than in most other similar areas. Over half the population—52.9%—still identifies as Christian, which keeps the region's non-religious rate well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While the share of people reporting no religion rose to 30.9% since 2011, this is still much lower than in most other areas and well below the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Northern Tablelands, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Anglican 21.5%
- Catholic 18.5%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 30.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 1.0%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Northern Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10061/northern-tablelands/topic/religion