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In Shoalhaven Heads in 2021, the largest religious group was Anglican (23.3% of all people), while 41.6% of people had no religion and 7.4% did not answer the question on religion.

Shoalhaven Heads's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.

Shoalhaven Heads's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with other ethnicity statistics such as Country of Birth data and Language Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.

Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual religion groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
Shoalhaven Heads - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Religion totalsNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %2016 to 2021
Christian total1,61750.048.01,78758.358.6-170
Non Christian total230.72.2311.01.8-8
Non-classifiable religious belief100.30.680.30.5+2
No Religion/secular beliefs1,34741.641.495431.129.3+393
Not stated2387.47.82849.39.7-46
Total Population3,235100.0100.03,064100.0100.0+171
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
Shoalhaven Heads - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
ReligionNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %2016 to 2021
Anglican75323.318.388128.824.1-128
Western (Roman) Catholic58118.018.058619.220.2-5
Uniting Church812.52.7923.03.6-11
Presbyterian and Reformed802.52.5902.93.4-10
Christian,nfd471.52.20--2.2+47
Baptist230.71.6431.41.6-20
Other Protestant150.50.2120.40.3+3
Buddhism140.40.8220.70.9-8
Greek Orthodox130.40.560.20.5+7
Pentecostal110.30.7160.50.9-5
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Shoalhaven Heads in 2021 compared to Shoalhaven City shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a similar proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 50.7% of the population nominated a religion, and 41.6% said they had no religion, compared with 50.2% and 41.4% respectively for Shoalhaven City.

The largest single religion in Shoalhaven Heads was Anglican, with 23.3% of the population or 753 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Shoalhaven Heads and Shoalhaven City was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Anglican (23.3% compared to 18.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest change in the religious affiliation of the population in Shoalhaven Heads between 2016 and 2021 was for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-128 persons)

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