26.3% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Matraville - Chifley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Matraville - Chifley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Strong religious ties define daily life in Matraville - Chifley, where a high proportion of people identify with a faith. This is seen in the fact that only 26.3% of residents report having no religion, a figure far below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 59.1%, followed by smaller groups of Jewish (3.3%), Buddhist (1.9%) and Muslim (1.7%) residents. The share of people with no religion is well below the New South Wales figure and much lower than in most other similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Matraville - Chifley, Christianity is the majority at 59%; No religion is next at 26%.
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- Catholic 36.3%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Orthodox 6.2%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 26.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Matraville - Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118021653/matraville-chifley/topic/religion