43.2% ▲ +194.1%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wollongbar · Urban Centre
Religion in Wollongbar
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in people reporting no religion defines the spiritual landscape of Wollongbar. Since 2011, this group has grown by 29 percentage points to reach 43.2%, meaning nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 51.2% of residents are Christian, the 43.2% with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common here, with Buddhism at 1.0% and Hinduism at 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wollongbar, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 43%.
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- Catholic 18.3%
- Anglican 14.9%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Pentecostal 1.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 42.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115162/wollongbar/topic/religion