38.5% ▲ +70.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Picton · Urban Centre
Religion in Picton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism has defined Picton over the last decade, with the number of people claiming no religion rising by 16 percentage points since 2011. This group now makes up 38.5% of the population. Most of the community still identifies as Christian, accounting for 55.5% of residents.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to be Christian than not, though those with no religion now make up 38.5% of the area. This figure is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Islam are very small at 0.6% and 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Picton, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 39%.
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- Catholic 23.9%
- Anglican 21.5%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Uniting Church 2.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 38.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115119/picton/topic/religion