28.3% ▲ +77.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Russell Lea · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Russell Lea
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Much lower shares of people claiming no religion are found in Russell Lea compared to most similar areas. Roughly 63.5% of residents identify with a Christian faith, while only 28.3% report having no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9% and well below the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Other affiliations include Buddhism at 1.7%, Islam at 0.8%, and Hinduism at 0.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Russell Lea, Christianity is the majority at 63%; No religion is next at 28%.
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- Catholic 42.2%
- Orthodox 7.6%
- Anglican 7.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Other Christian 1.7%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Baptist 0.7%
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- No religion 28.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Russell Lea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13462/russell-lea/topic/religion