44.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Penrose · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Penrose
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Penrose report having no religion, which is far more than the state average. This makes those with no faith the largest single group in the area, edging out Christians who make up 42.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 44.5%, the share of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9% and far above the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Other faiths are less common here, with 2.7% identifying as Buddhist and 1.1% following other religions.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Penrose splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 46.3%
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- Anglican 20.1%
- Catholic 13.1%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Uniting Church 1.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
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- Other religious groups 1.2%
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 Penrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13196/penrose/topic/religion