40.7% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Swansea · State Electorate
Religion in Swansea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over 40% of people in Swansea now report having no religion, marking a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. This trend reflects a broader move away from traditional faith, with a growing number of residents identifying as non-religious compared to the rest of the state.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 52.3%, but those with no religion have risen to 40.7%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average and has climbed by 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Swansea, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 20.1%
- Anglican 18.9%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10079/swansea/topic/religion