14.9% —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Cumberland · Council (LGA)
Religion in Cumberland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Only 14.9% of people in Cumberland report no religion, a figure that has barely changed since 2016. This makes the area one of the most religious in the region, with a diverse mix of faiths including Christianity, Islam and Hinduism.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 34.7%, followed by Islam at 22.8% and Hinduism at 13.4%. The proportion of people with no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Cumberland, the largest group is Christianity at 35%, followed by Islam (23%) and No religion (15%).
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- Catholic 21.3%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Anglican 3.2%
- Orthodox 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 14.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- 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 Cumberland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12380/cumberland/topic/religion