52.0% ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney · Council (LGA)
Religion in Sydney
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Sydney now report having no religion, making it one of the least religious areas in the country. This shift is striking, with the number of non-religious residents climbing by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A typical 52% of residents in Sydney claim no religion, which is far above the 33.2% seen in New South Wales. The remaining population is mostly Christian (27.6%), followed by Buddhism at 6.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydney, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 28%.
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- No religion 51.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 4.9%
- Other Christian 2.6%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17200/sydney/topic/religion