46.5% ▲ +68.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Chatswood West · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Chatswood West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Chatswood West now report having no religion than in previous years. Nearly half the population, 46.5%, currently claim no religious affiliation, making the area stand out against state and national patterns.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 46.5% who have no religion is well above the Australian figure of 38.9% and far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Christians make up 44.3% of residents, while those identifying as Buddhist (2.7%), Hindu (1.2%) or Jewish (1.1%) represent smaller groups.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Chatswood West splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (44%), with Not stated at 3%.
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- No religion 45.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 20.4%
- Anglican 10.8%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Orthodox 2.3%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
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 Chatswood West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10892/chatswood-west/topic/religion