15.5% ▲ +85.4%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bankstown · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Bankstown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Bankstown, where 42.8% of people identify with a religion. This area has a much stronger religious identity than the rest of the country, with far fewer people claiming no faith at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.8% of residents are Christian and 25.6% are Muslim. Only 15.5% of people say they have no religion, which is far below the national figure of 38.9%, though this group rose by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bankstown, the largest group is Christianity at 43%, followed by Islam (26%) and No religion (15%).
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- Catholic 22.2%
- Orthodox 7.9%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 15.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11901/bankstown/topic/religion