36.8% ▲ +71.2%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Armidale · Urban Area
Religion in Armidale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost 45% of people in Armidale identify with a faith, making it a more religious place than most similar areas. While Christianity remains the most common affiliation, the number of people reporting no religion has jumped by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.4%, while 36.8% of residents have no religion. This no-religion figure is much lower than in most similar areas, though it sits 3.6 percentage points above the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Armidale, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Catholic 16.7%
- Anglican 16.1%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 36.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 2.7%
- Sikhism 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/religion