44.7% ▲ +117.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Russell Vale · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Russell Vale
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Russell Vale report having no religion, a figure that is well above the national average. This reflects a significant shift toward non-religious identities in the area, which now stands as a dominant characteristic of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While Christianity remains the most common faith at 47.6%, the 44.7% of residents with no religion is far above the New South Wales figure. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 1.2% and Islam at 0.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Russell Vale splits fairly evenly between Christianity (48%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 14.0%
- Uniting Church 4.6%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- No religion 44.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 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 Russell Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13463/russell-vale/topic/religion