52.3% ▲ +200.2%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach report having no religion. This is a much higher proportion than most other areas, and the number of people without a faith has climbed sharply in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here has no religion (52.3%), a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. This category rose by 35 percentage points since 2011, while 34.6% of the population identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 35%.
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- No religion 51.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 13.9%
- Anglican 11.4%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Sikhism 3.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Sandy Beach - Emerald Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115124/sandy-beach-emerald-beach/topic/religion