44.4% ▲ +167.2%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Pittwater · State Electorate
Religion in Pittwater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Pittwater report having no religion compared to most other areas. This shift is striking, with the number of people without a faith jumping by 28 percentage points since 2011 to reach 44.4%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 47.9% of residents identify as Christian, the 44.4% who have no religion is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Pittwater splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.7%
- Anglican 16.8%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
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- No religion 43.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 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 Pittwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10067/pittwater/topic/religion