38.9% ▲ +67.2%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hornsby · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Hornsby
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Hornsby, where 43.2% of people identify with the religion. While many residents still hold a faith, the number of people claiming no religion has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion now make up 38.9% of the population, a figure that rose 16 percentage points since 2011. This is about the same as the national figure, though it is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Hornsby splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (39%), with Hinduism at 7%.
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 11.5%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 38.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12102/hornsby/topic/religion