14.9% ▲ +95.9%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney - South West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Sydney - South West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Sydney - South West identify as Christian, making it a highly religious region. Only 14.9% of residents report having no religion, which is far lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 50.6%, followed by Buddhism at 11.3% and Islam at 10.2%. While the share of people with no religion rose by 7.3 percentage points since 2011, it remains much lower than the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydney - South West, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 15%.
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- Catholic 28.7%
- Other Christian 8.3%
- Orthodox 5.8%
- Anglican 4.5%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
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- No religion 14.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 1.9%
- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/127/sydney-south-west/topic/religion