42.6% ▲ +86.1%
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North Sydney · Federal Electorate
Religion in North Sydney
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in North Sydney report having no religion, making it the largest group in the area. This represents a significant shift in the local landscape, as the number of residents without a religious affiliation has jumped by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 42.6%, those with no religion are well above the national figure of 38.9% and the state's 33.2%. This group slightly edges out Christians, who make up 42.4% of the population, while Buddhists and Hindus each account for 3.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →North Sydney splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 42.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 10.2%
- Other Christian 2.7%
- Orthodox 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 North Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED132/north-sydney/topic/religion