16.1% ▲ +66.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sefton · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sefton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people in Sefton claim no religion compared to the rest of the country. Only 16.1% of residents say they have no religious affiliation, which is far below the national figure of 38.9%. This makes the area one of the most religious places of its size in Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Islam is the most common faith here at 32.5%, followed by Christianity at 28.4% and Buddhism at 12.8%. The 16.1% who report no religion is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sefton splits fairly evenly between Islam (33%) and Christianity (28%), with No religion at 16%.
-
- Catholic 16.6%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Orthodox 2.9%
- Anglican 2.7%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
-
- No religion 16.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.0%
-
- Other religious groups 0.3%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Sefton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Sefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13531/sefton/topic/religion