57.3% ▲ +53.4%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
2015, NSW · Postcode
Religion in 2015, NSW
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge shift in beliefs has occurred in postcode 2015, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 20 percentage points since 2011. Now, 57.3% of residents identify as non-religious, making this one of the highest proportions for any area of its kind.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is far above both the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 29.1%, Buddhism at 3.1%, Islam at 1.3% and Judaism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In 2015, NSW, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 29%.
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- No religion 56.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Anglican 5.0%
- Other Christian 2.3%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Baptist 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 2015, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2015/2015-nsw/topic/religion