34.3% —
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Woolgoolga · Urban Centre
Religion in Woolgoolga
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Woolgoolga than in most similar areas. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 37.2%, the number of people reporting no religion has jumped 16 points since 2016 to reach 34.3%. Diverse faiths are also present, with 17.9% of residents following other religions.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is well below the national figure of 38.9%, though it is a little above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Other common faiths include Buddhism at 1.4% and Islam at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Woolgoolga splits fairly evenly between Christianity (37%) and No religion (34%), with Other religions at 18%.
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- Anglican 14.7%
- Catholic 12.8%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 33.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 17.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114035/woolgoolga/topic/religion