41.7% ▲ +112.4%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Coast · State Electorate
Religion in South Coast
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About the middle for its level compared to similar areas, South Coast shows a growing trend toward secularism. Nearly 42% of the population now reports having no religion, which is a significant jump from a decade ago.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.3%, but those with no religion have risen by 22 percentage points since 2011 to reach 41.7%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South Coast, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 18.5%
- Anglican 18.3%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 41.2%
- 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 South Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10076/south-coast/topic/religion