42.8% ▲ +497.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wallerawang · Urban Centre
Religion in Wallerawang
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge jump in people claiming no faith has reshaped the spiritual landscape of Wallerawang since 2011. While half the community still identifies as Christian, the number of people with no religion has surged by 36 percentage points over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.8% of residents now report no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. This group is larger than in New South Wales overall, where the figure is 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wallerawang, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (6%).
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 16.2%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Other Christian 1.9%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Wallerawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115151/wallerawang/topic/religion