17.9% ▲ +59.3%
Lower than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Blacktown - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Blacktown - North
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise in people claiming no religion to 17.9% marks a shift in Blacktown - North since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains far more religious than the rest of the country. Christianity is the most common faith at 41.6%, followed by Hinduism at 19.0%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Far fewer people here identify as having no religion compared to the national figure of 38.9%. While this group grew by 6.7 percentage points over the last decade, the area still has one of the lowest proportions of non-religious residents among similar regions.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Blacktown - North, the largest group is Christianity at 42%, followed by Hinduism (19%) and No religion (18%).
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 6.9%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Pentecostal 2.2%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
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- No religion 17.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 6.0%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Blacktown - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11602/blacktown-north/topic/religion