13.7% ▲ +69.5%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Fairfield - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Fairfield - East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Fairfield - East now report no religion, with the figure rising 5.6 percentage points since 2011. Despite this increase, it remains a deeply religious area where only 13.7% of residents are non-religious, 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 34.5%, followed by Islam at 25.3% and Buddhism at 14.0%. The proportion of people with no religion is among the lowest for similar areas and sits 25 percentage points below the Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Fairfield - East, the largest group is Christianity at 34%, followed by Islam (25%) and Buddhism (14%).
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- Catholic 19.6%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Anglican 2.8%
- Orthodox 2.5%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- No religion 13.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Fairfield - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125031480/fairfield-east/topic/religion