34.0% ▲ +209.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gunnedah · Urban Centre
Religion in Gunnedah
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge jump in people reporting no religion has reshaped Gunnedah since 2011. While more than half the population still identifies as Christian, the number of those with no faith surged by 23 percentage points over the decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 54.6%, but 34.0% of residents now claim no religion. This figure is well below the national average of 38.9%, though it is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gunnedah, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 22.2%
- Anglican 21.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.0%
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- No religion 33.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114013/gunnedah/topic/religion