38.1% ▲ +142.2%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Port Macquarie · Urban Area
Religion in Port Macquarie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is changing daily life in Port Macquarie, where the number of people claiming no religion has jumped 22 percentage points since 2011. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, the community is increasingly diverse in its beliefs.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53.1%, but the share of people with no religion has grown to 38.1%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average and about the same as the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Port Macquarie, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 18.0%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 37.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1028/port-macquarie/topic/religion