37.4% ▲ +101.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nelson Bay · Urban Centre
Religion in Nelson Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people claim a religious affiliation in Nelson Bay than in most similar areas. While over half the population identifies as Christian, the number of residents reporting no religion has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 37.4%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 54.2%, though the 37.4% who identify as non-religious is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 1.0% and Hinduism at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nelson Bay, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Anglican 19.0%
- Uniting Church 3.3%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
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- No religion 37.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Nelson Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113012/nelson-bay/topic/religion