45.3% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Diamond Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Diamond Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift towards secularism has defined Diamond Beach, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly half of the population identifies as non-religious, making it a much more secular area than most of the state and country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.3% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity is equally common at 45.3%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Islam each account for 0.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Diamond Beach splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 17.8%
- Anglican 16.2%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- No religion 44.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.6%
- 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 Diamond Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121031/diamond-beach/topic/religion