14.9% ▲ +64.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Fairfield East · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Fairfield East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Only 14.9% of people in Fairfield East report having no religion, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where faith plays a significant role in daily life, with the vast majority of residents identifying with a specific religious group.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Faith is very common here, with 35.2% of people identifying as Christians, 19.7% as Muslims, and 19.1% as Buddhists. This helps explain why the proportion of people with no religion is among the lowest for similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Fairfield East, the largest group is Christianity at 35%, followed by Islam (20%) and Buddhism (19%).
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Other Christian 5.3%
- Baptist 3.4%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Anglican 2.2%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- No religion 14.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Fairfield East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11481/fairfield-east/topic/religion