26.2% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Nyngan · Urban Centre
Religion in Nyngan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Nyngan than in most similar areas. This community remains strongly connected to faith, with 66% of residents identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 26.2% of people report no religion, which is far below the national figure of 38.9% and well below the New South Wales average. This is a notable shift, as the proportion of people with no religion fell by 11 points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Nyngan, Christianity is the majority at 66%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 32.7%
- Anglican 22.2%
- Uniting Church 7.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Other Christian 1.4%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 26.1%
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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/religion