38.7% ▲ +69.5%
Lower than 62% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney - Eastern Suburbs · Region (SA4)
Religion in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has seen the number of people with no religion in the Sydney - Eastern Suburbs rise by 16 percentage points since 2011. Now, 38.7% of the population reports no religious affiliation, making the area's spiritual makeup as diverse as the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 40.5%, while Judaism is prominent here at 9.2%. The proportion of people with no religion is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sydney - Eastern Suburbs splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (39%), with Judaism at 9%.
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- Catholic 22.9%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Orthodox 4.5%
- Other Christian 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Baptist 0.4%
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- No religion 38.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Sydney - Eastern Suburbs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/118/sydney-eastern-suburbs/topic/religion