43.1% ▲ +143.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Beechwood · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Beechwood
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 43% of people in Beechwood report having no religion, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This reflects a growing trend towards secularism in the area, though about half the population still identifies with a faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 49.7%. At the same time, those with no religion make up 43.1% of the population, which is 9.9 percentage points higher than the state figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Beechwood, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (7%).
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- Catholic 16.1%
- Anglican 14.1%
- Other Christian 8.2%
- Uniting Church 5.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
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- No religion 41.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Beechwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10248/beechwood/topic/religion