43.9% ▲ +56.9%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newland · State Electorate
Religion in Newland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 44% of people in Newland report having no religion, making it the most common response for this area. This reflects a significant shift in the community, as the number of people identifying as non-religious has jumped by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 43.9% of the population, which is higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is slightly smaller than the state average, while Christianity follows closely behind at 43.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Newland splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 43.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.3%
- Anglican 8.1%
- Other Christian 7.8%
- Uniting Church 5.9%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.9%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
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- Sikhism 1.6%
- Other religious groups 0.7%
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 Newland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40035/newland/topic/religion