33.8% —
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Religion in Remainder of State/Territory
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in the Remainder of State/Territory (NSW) compared to most similar areas. While 33.8% report no faith, this is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the most common affiliation here, accounting for 54.3% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population identifies as Christian, while the 33.8% with no religion is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism, Islam and other religions each making up around 0.5% to 0.6% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 22.5%
- Anglican 18.7%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 33.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL131001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/religion