16.2% —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bankstown - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Bankstown - South
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and spiritual identity play a central role in daily life for most people in Bankstown - South. Very few residents identify as having no religion, which is far lower than the national figure of 38.9%. The area is deeply diverse, with significant numbers of people practicing Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 16.2% of residents have no religion, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 33.2%. While this number rose 3.7 points since 2016, the area remains one of the least likely to be non-religious, with 31.4% identifying as Christian and 27.9% as Muslim.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bankstown - South splits fairly evenly between Christianity (31%) and Islam (28%), with No religion at 16%.
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Orthodox 7.1%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Anglican 1.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 16.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Bankstown - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119011572/bankstown-south/topic/religion