39.5% ▲ +135.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Metford · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Metford
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shifting spiritual landscape defines Metford, where the number of people reporting no religion has climbed since 2011. This trend is reflected in the latest figures, where nearly 40% of the population now identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half of residents are Christian, while 39.5% report no religion. This last group is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Metford, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 40%.
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- Catholic 19.7%
- Anglican 17.0%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 39.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Metford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12603/metford/topic/religion