40.9% ▲ +69.7%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Leichhardt · Federal Electorate
Religion in Leichhardt
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Religious views in Leichhardt are around the middle for similar areas, though there has been a sharp shift in beliefs recently. Nearly 41% of residents now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 43.6%, while 40.9% of people have no religion. This last group rose by 17 percentage points since 2011 and is now a little above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Leichhardt splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 11.8%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Pentecostal 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED318/leichhardt/topic/religion