38.5% —
Lower than 70% of urban area areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wollongong · Urban Area
Religion in Wollongong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people in Wollongong claim a religious affiliation than in most similar areas. While over half the population identifies as Christian, 38.5% of residents report having no religion, a figure that aligns closely with the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 51.3%, followed by those with no religion at 38.5%. This no-religion figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%, though it is about the same as the Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wollongong, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 23.3%
- Anglican 13.6%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Orthodox 4.1%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 38.0%
- 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1036/wollongong/topic/religion