44.2% ▲ +108.4%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Newcastle · Urban Centre
Religion in Newcastle
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism is clearly visible in Newcastle, where nearly 44% of people now report having no religion. This reflects a significant change in the local landscape, as those without a faith have more than doubled since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.8% of residents identify as Christian, the proportion of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group rose by 23 percentage points over ten years, leaving Newcastle far above the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Newcastle splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 14.1%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
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- No religion 43.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102004/newcastle/topic/religion