44.6% ▲ +207.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North Rothbury · Urban Centre
Religion in North Rothbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people claiming no religion defines North Rothbury, where 44.6% of residents now identify as non-religious. This figure has climbed 30 percentage points since 2011, making the area far more likely to be non-religious than the state average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 48.6% of the community identifies as Christian, those with no religion make up 44.6%, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Other groups are small, with Buddhists at 0.9%, other religions at 0.7%, and Hindus at 0.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →North Rothbury splits fairly evenly between Christianity (49%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 17.1%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 44.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 North Rothbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115112/north-rothbury/topic/religion