19.2% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parramatta · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Parramatta
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of residents in Parramatta now report no religion, though the area remains much more religious than the national average. While this figure rose to 19.2% since 2011, the majority of people still identify with a faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 35.2%, followed by Hinduism at 26.6% and Islam at 6.1%. The proportion of people with no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parramatta, the largest group is Christianity at 35%, followed by Hinduism (27%) and No religion (19%).
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- Catholic 18.8%
- Anglican 5.6%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 18.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 2.0%
- Other religious groups 0.9%
- 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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12504/parramatta/topic/religion