37.7% ▲ +103.3%
Lower than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nelson Bay · Urban Area
Religion in Nelson Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Nelson Bay identify as Christians, with 54.3% reporting this affiliation. While many residents still hold a faith, the number of people reporting no religion has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 37.7% of the population now claim no religion, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nelson Bay, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 20.0%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.9%
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- No religion 37.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1024/nelson-bay/topic/religion