21.6% ▲ +62.2%
Lower than 96% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney - Inner South West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Sydney - Inner South West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A strong sense of faith shapes daily life in Sydney - Inner South West, where far fewer people identify as non-religious than in most other areas. Nearly 45% of the population identifies as Christian, while Islam is also a prominent faith for 16.5% of residents.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While the number of people with no religion rose 8.3 percentage points since 2011, the 21.6% total is still far below the national figure of 38.9%. Other major faiths include Buddhism at 5.2% and Hinduism at 4.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydney - Inner South West, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (22%) and Islam (17%).
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Orthodox 11.3%
- Anglican 4.8%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 21.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 - Inner South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/119/sydney-inner-south-west/topic/religion