37.7% ▲ +52.8%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Macquarie · State Electorate
Religion in Port Macquarie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Port Macquarie identify as Christians, making it a more religious area than most similar places. While a growing number of residents now claim no faith, the community remains more traditionally religious than the state average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53.9%, though the share of people with no religion rose 13 points since 2011 to reach 37.7%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%, but a little below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Macquarie, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 20.6%
- Anglican 20.1%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 37.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10068/port-macquarie/topic/religion