36.9% ▲ +92.1%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Taree · Urban Centre
Religion in Taree
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rapid shift in beliefs has seen the number of people reporting no religion in Taree jump 18 percentage points since 2011. While over half the community still identifies as Christian, the rise of those with no faith is a defining trend for the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People reporting no religion now make up 36.9% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Other major groups include Christians at 51.8%, with Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam each representing around 0.5% to 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Taree, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Anglican 20.7%
- Catholic 15.1%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Uniting Church 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 36.5%
- 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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113016/taree/topic/religion