36.4% ▲ +202.1%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gulgong · Urban Centre
Religion in Gulgong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A little over a third of Gulgong residents now report having no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This shift reflects a broader change in the area, as the number of people without a faith has jumped by 24 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of the population (52.6%) identify as Christian, while 36.4% have no religion. This latter group is a little below the national figure of 38.9%, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gulgong, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Anglican 23.8%
- Catholic 21.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Baptist 0.1%
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- No religion 36.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Gulgong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115071/gulgong/topic/religion