46.4% ▲ +60.7%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North Sydney · Council (LGA)
Religion in North Sydney
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of North Sydney residents now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 18 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.4% of people here have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. The remaining residents are mostly Christian (39.6%), followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (2.6%), Hindus (2.6%) and Jews (1.0%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In North Sydney, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (6%).
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- No religion 45.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 10.9%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 North Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15950/north-sydney/topic/religion