17.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Chifley · Federal Electorate
Religion in Chifley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Just 17.4% of people in Chifley report having no religion, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the least secular areas among similar places, with nearly half the population identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.5%, followed by Hinduism at 10.9% and Islam at 9.6%. The proportion of people with no religion has fallen by 2 points since 2011 and remains much lower than the New South Wales rate of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Chifley, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (17%) and Hinduism (11%).
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- Catholic 26.3%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Orthodox 2.6%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 1.1%
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- No religion 17.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 3.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED108/chifley/topic/religion