29.3% ▲ +109.9%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Penrith · Council (LGA)
Religion in Penrith
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith continues to play a significant role in the daily lives of people in Penrith, where over half the population identifies as Christian. While the number of people with no religion has grown, this figure remains much lower than it is across the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith here at 54.3%, followed by those with no religion at 29.3%. That last group has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011, though it is still well below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Penrith, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 28.7%
- Anglican 13.1%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Baptist 0.9%
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- No religion 28.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.2%
- Other religious groups 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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16350/penrith/topic/religion