33.9% ▲ +110.3%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sutherland Shire · Council (LGA)
Religion in Sutherland Shire
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in faith has seen the number of people with no religion in Sutherland Shire jump by 18 percentage points since 2011. While most residents still identify as Christian, the area is now less religious than the typical Australian community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 58.4%, while 33.9% of people report no religion. This last group is well below the national figure of 38.9%, though it is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sutherland Shire, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 27.3%
- Anglican 16.3%
- Orthodox 5.1%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 33.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Sutherland Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17150/sutherland-shire/topic/religion