43.7% ▲ +125.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Barnsley · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Barnsley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Barnsley identify as having no religion compared to most similar areas. This shift is reflected in the latest data, where 43.7% of residents report no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 43.7% of people here have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 52.9%, while Buddhism accounts for 0.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Barnsley, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 44%.
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- Anglican 20.5%
- Catholic 17.8%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 42.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 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 Barnsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10205/barnsley/topic/religion