47.1% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Fairfax · Federal Electorate
Religion in Fairfax
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Fairfax report having no religion compared to most similar areas. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, a figure that has climbed sharply in recent years.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 47.1%, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This represents a 21 point jump since 2011, while Christianity follows at 43.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Fairfax splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Anglican 11.8%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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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 Fairfax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED309/fairfax/topic/religion