33.9% ▲ +110.3%
Lower than 79% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney - Sutherland · Region (SA4)
Religion in Sydney - Sutherland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Sydney - Sutherland identify as Christians, with 58.4% following the faith. This area remains more religious than the national average, even though the number of people claiming no religion has grown significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 33.9% of residents now report no religion—a rise of 18 points since 2011—this is still well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other faiths are less common here, with Buddhism at 1.1%, Islam at 0.9%, and Hinduism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydney - Sutherland, Christianity is the majority at 58%; No religion is next at 34%.
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- Catholic 27.3%
- Anglican 16.3%
- Orthodox 5.1%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 33.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- 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 - Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/128/sydney-sutherland/topic/religion