37.1% ▲ +66.3%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Eastern Suburbs - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Eastern Suburbs - South
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify with no religion in Eastern Suburbs - South compared to most similar areas. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 46%, the number of residents reporting no religion has jumped by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 37.1% of people here have no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Other common affiliations include Judaism at 4.1%, Buddhism at 2.3%, and Islam at 1.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Eastern Suburbs - South, the largest group is Christianity at 46%, followed by No religion (37%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 26.9%
- Anglican 7.8%
- Orthodox 5.9%
- Other Christian 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- No religion 36.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Eastern Suburbs - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11802/eastern-suburbs-south/topic/religion