14.2% ▲ +58.9%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Chester Hill · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Chester Hill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith remains a central part of life in Chester Hill, where only 14.2% of people report having no religion. This is far below the national figure of 38.9% and shows a community that is much more religious than most other areas in the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Islam is the most common faith here at 34.8%, followed by Christianity at 29.7% and Buddhism at 9.1%. Very few people identify as having no religion, at just 14.2%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Chester Hill, the largest group is Islam at 35%, followed by Christianity (30%) and No religion (14%).
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- Catholic 15.6%
- Anglican 4.1%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Orthodox 2.8%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 14.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Chester Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10898/chester-hill/topic/religion