36.5% ▲ +66.2%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hornsby · Council (LGA)
Religion in Hornsby
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Hornsby, where 45.7% of people identify with the religion. While no religion is the second most frequent choice, the area remains more religious than most similar places. This balance of beliefs reflects a diverse community with significant numbers of people following Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 36.5% of the population, a figure that rose by 15 points since 2011. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, though it sits a little below the national average of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hornsby, the largest group is Christianity at 46%, followed by No religion (36%) and Hinduism (7%).
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- Catholic 19.2%
- Anglican 12.2%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
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- No religion 36.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14000/hornsby/topic/religion