57.1% ▲ +54.3%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Petersham - Stanmore · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Petersham - Stanmore
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Petersham - Stanmore report having no religion than in most similar areas. Over half the population falls into this category, a figure that has climbed sharply by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 57.1% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 30.8%, followed by Buddhism at 2.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Petersham - Stanmore, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 31%.
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- No religion 55.7%
- Secular beliefs 1.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.6%
- Anglican 5.2%
- Orthodox 4.1%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Petersham - Stanmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117021327/petersham-stanmore/topic/religion