38.4% ▲ +288.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North Shore · Urban Centre
Religion in North Shore
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significant gap exists between North Shore and the state average, with 38.4% of people reporting no religion. This is well above the New South Wales figure, though it sits about the same as the national average. Over the last decade, this trend has grown rapidly as the number of people with no religion rose 28 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half the population identifies as Christian at 51.5%, while those with no religion make up 38.4%. Other groups are small, including Buddhists at 1.4% and Hindus at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In North Shore, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Anglican 24.3%
- Catholic 20.4%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
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- No religion 37.6%
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122101/north-shore/topic/religion