41.4% ▲ +188.0%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Oxley · State Electorate
Religion in Oxley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people claiming no faith defines the religious landscape of Oxley, where 41.4% of residents now identify as non-religious. This reflects a significant shift in the community, with the number of people without a religion jumping by 27 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 46.4%, while 41.4% of people have no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.8%, other religions at 0.6%, and Hinduism at 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Oxley splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Anglican 16.6%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 40.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10064/oxley/topic/religion