59.7% ▲ +231.7%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ocean Shores · Urban Centre
Religion in Ocean Shores
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 60% of people in Ocean Shores report having no religion. This is a major shift for the area, with the number of people identifying as non-religious jumping by 42 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 59.7% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the state and national numbers. Christianity is the next most common group at 24.2%, followed by Buddhism at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ocean Shores, No religion is the majority at 60%; Christianity is next at 24%.
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- No religion 58.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 10.9%
- Anglican 7.2%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115115/ocean-shores/topic/religion