39.4% ▲ +238.9%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
The Entrance · State Electorate
Religion in The Entrance
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in faith has seen the number of people with no religion in The Entrance jump by 28 percentage points since 2011. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, the area is now much more secular than it was a decade ago.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.4% of residents now claim no religion, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average and about the same as the national rate. Christianity remains the most common faith at 51.7%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In The Entrance, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 39%.
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- Catholic 22.4%
- Anglican 16.4%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 38.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10083/the-entrance/topic/religion