46.8% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Candelo · Urban Centre
Religion in Candelo
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Candelo report having no religion. This shift is a defining feature of the area, with the number of people identifying as non-religious climbing 10 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost 47% of people here have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christians make up 35.2% of the population, while other faiths account for only 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Candelo, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (36%) and Not stated (15%).
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- No religion 47.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.6%
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- Anglican 17.6%
- Catholic 8.7%
- Other Christian 7.1%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.6%
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 Candelo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122030/candelo/topic/religion