34.8% ▲ +88.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Somersby · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Somersby
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Somersby hold a religious faith than in most similar areas. Over half the population identifies as Christian, while those reporting no religion make up 34.8% of the community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
A little more than a third of residents report no religion, which is a little above the New South Wales figure but well below the national rate of 38.9%. The most common faith is Christianity at 55.1%, followed by Buddhism at 0.8% and Islam at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Somersby, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 35%.
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Anglican 17.6%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Baptist 4.9%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 34.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Somersby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13587/somersby/topic/religion