17.7% —
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canterbury-Bankstown · Council (LGA)
Religion in Canterbury-Bankstown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Canterbury-Bankstown is far more religious than most similar areas. While only 17.7% of people report no religion, the community is shaped by a strong mix of faiths, with Christianity and Islam being the most common.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.7%, followed by Islam at 23.6%. The number of people reporting no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%, though this group rose slightly since 2016.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Canterbury-Bankstown, the largest group is Christianity at 42%, followed by Islam (24%) and No religion (18%).
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- Catholic 21.5%
- Orthodox 9.2%
- Anglican 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 17.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Canterbury-Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11570/canterbury-bankstown/topic/religion