52.4% ▲ +214.8%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Blue Mountains · Urban Centre
Religion in Blue Mountains
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in the Blue Mountains report having no religion, a figure that has climbed steeply in recent years. This shift marks a significant departure from state and national patterns, as the area becomes much less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose by 36 percentage points since 2011 to reach 52.4%. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 37.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Blue Mountains, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 51.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
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- Catholic 14.5%
- Anglican 11.5%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112003/blue-mountains/topic/religion