15.7% ▲ +80.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bankstown · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Bankstown
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 31.1% of people in Bankstown identify as Muslim, making it one of the most religious areas in the region. Very few residents report having no religion compared to the rest of the state and country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Islam is the most common faith at 31.1%, followed closely by Christianity at 30.5% and Buddhism at 11.0%. Only 15.7% of people have no religion, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bankstown splits fairly evenly between Islam (31%) and Christianity (31%), with No religion at 16%.
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- Catholic 16.3%
- Orthodox 6.3%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Anglican 1.4%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 15.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10181/bankstown/topic/religion