42.7% ▲ +292.4%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dorrigo · Urban Centre
Religion in Dorrigo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in those claiming no faith is the defining trend for Dorrigo, where this group grew by 32 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 43% of the population now reports no religion, a figure well above the national average. This shift is the most striking change in the area's religious landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 46.4% of residents identify with a Christian faith, 42.7% say they have no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 1.0% and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Dorrigo splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- Anglican 23.5%
- Catholic 10.2%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Uniting Church 4.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- No religion 42.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Dorrigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115053/dorrigo/topic/religion