46.1% ▲ +188.9%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Safety Beach · Urban Centre
Religion in Safety Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Safety Beach now report having no religion. This shift is a major part of local life, with the number of non-religious residents jumping by 30 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 46.1% of the area, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 44.1%, while other religions account for 5.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Safety Beach splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Other religions at 5%.
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- No religion 45.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.9%
- Anglican 16.7%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- Sikhism 4.8%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Safety Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121100/safety-beach/topic/religion