15.9% ▲ +105.2%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Druitt - Whalan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Mount Druitt - Whalan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Mount Druitt - Whalan identify as Christian, making it a deeply religious area. This stands in stark contrast to the wider country, with the proportion of people reporting no religion being far below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 47.8%, followed by Islam at 19.8% and Hinduism at 5.0%. While the number of people with no religion rose by 8.2 points since 2011, at 15.9% it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Druitt - Whalan, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by Islam (20%) and No religion (16%).
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- Catholic 25.8%
- Other Christian 8.0%
- Anglican 5.9%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 1.0%
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- No religion 15.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.2%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Mount Druitt - Whalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116031317/mount-druitt-whalan/topic/religion