29.8% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Penshurst · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Penshurst
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a significant role in the daily lives of many in Penshurst, where a large proportion of residents identify with a religion. This is most evident in the low number of people who claim no faith, which is well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 44.8% of people here are Christians, while 9.7% are Hindu and 4.4% are Buddhist. Only 29.8% of residents have no religion, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the New South Wales average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Penshurst, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (30%) and Hinduism (10%).
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- Catholic 21.4%
- Orthodox 8.0%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 29.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13197/penshurst/topic/religion