31.4% ▲ +110.5%
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Penrith · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Penrith
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A 16 percentage point rise in those with no religion since 2011 marks a major shift in Penrith. While this group has grown, the area remains more religious than most of Australia, with 54% of people identifying as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 31.4% of residents reporting no religion is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the most common faith at 54%, followed by Hinduism at 3.4% and Islam at 2.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Penrith, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 31%.
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- Catholic 28.3%
- Anglican 14.2%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
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- No religion 31.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.4%
- Other religious groups 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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12403/penrith/topic/religion