39.0% ▲ +232.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cessnock · Urban Centre
Religion in Cessnock
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 40% of people in Cessnock now report having no religion, a figure that sits well above the New South Wales state average. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the area has seen a significant shift in beliefs over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of residents with no religion rose by 27 percentage points since 2011 to reach 39.0%. This is about the same as the national figure, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (13%).
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- Anglican 19.6%
- Catholic 15.5%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 38.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
- Sikhism 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112005/cessnock/topic/religion