43.6% ▲ +57.7%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Willoughby · Council (LGA)
Religion in Willoughby
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people here have no religion than in most similar areas, with 43.6% of Willoughby residents reporting no faith. This shift is significant, as the number of people without a religious affiliation has jumped by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 43.6%, the share of people with no religion is well above the Australian figure of 38.9% and far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Other common faiths include Christianity at 40.0%, Buddhism at 4.5%, and Hinduism at 3.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Willoughby splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 43.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Anglican 9.5%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18250/willoughby/topic/religion