30.2% ▲ +90.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Five Dock · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Five Dock
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a significant role in the daily lives of many people in Five Dock, where 58.9% of residents identify as Christian. This makes the area stand out because it has far fewer people claiming no religion than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to have a faith than the national average, with only 30.2% reporting no religion—well below the 38.9% figure for Australia. Beside the Christian majority, Buddhism is the next most common faith at 2.8%, followed by Islam at 1.6% and Hinduism at 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Five Dock, Christianity is the majority at 59%; No religion is next at 30%.
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- Catholic 40.9%
- Anglican 6.4%
- Orthodox 5.0%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 0.5%
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- No religion 29.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.0%
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 Five Dock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11533/five-dock/topic/religion