55.8% ▲ +57.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Petersham · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Petersham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Petersham now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed steadily since 2011. This shift has made the area far less religious than the typical Australian suburb.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 55.8%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity follows at 31.8%, while Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Petersham, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 32%.
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- No religion 54.4%
- Secular beliefs 1.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 5.3%
- Orthodox 3.6%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13202/petersham/topic/religion