53.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dum Dum · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Dum Dum
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Dum Dum now report having no religion. This shift is a major feature of the area, with a non-religious population that is far higher than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 53.6% of the population, which is much higher than in most areas and 20 percentage points above the New South Wales figure. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 27.2% and Hinduism at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Dum Dum, No religion is the majority at 55%; Christianity is next at 28%.
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- No religion 52.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 4.1%
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- Catholic 13.1%
- Anglican 7.4%
- Baptist 3.3%
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 Dum Dum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11307/dum-dum/topic/religion