Religious affilliation, 1901-2001 (%)
1901 1921 1947 1961 1971 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001
Church of
England/Anglican 40 44 39 35 31 26 24 24 22 20.7
Catholic 23 22 21 25 27 26 26 27 27 26
Methodist 13 12 10 9 10 9 3 - - -
Presbytenan 11 12 10 9 8 4 4 4 3.8 3.4
Uniting - - - - - 5 8 8 7.5 6.7
Other Christian 9 7 7 9 11 9 11 11 10.5 10.6
Total Christian 96 97 88 88 86 73 73 74 71 68
Non-christian 1 1 * 1 1 2 2 3 3 4.9
No Religion * * * 1 7 14 13 13 17 15.5
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Not classified 2 2 11 10 6 11 12 10 9 11.7
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100