18.4% ▲ +71.4%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Blacktown · Council (LGA)
Religion in Blacktown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in Blacktown identify as having no religion compared to the rest of the country. While 18.4% of residents report no faith, this is far below the national figure of 38.9%. The area maintains a strong religious profile, 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 46.6%, followed by Hinduism at 13.1% and Islam at 8.0%. Although the number of people with no religion rose 7.7 percentage points since 2011, it remains among the lowest figures for any similar area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Blacktown, the largest group is Christianity at 47%, followed by No religion (18%) and Hinduism (13%).
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- Catholic 24.7%
- Anglican 7.3%
- Other Christian 6.2%
- Orthodox 2.6%
- Pentecostal 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Baptist 1.2%
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- No religion 18.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 4.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10750/blacktown/topic/religion