35.5% ▲ +141.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Penrith · Suburb / Locality
Religion in South Penrith
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of residents in South Penrith identify as Christian compared to the national average. Over half the population follows a faith, while those reporting no religion make up 35.5% of the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 54.0%, followed by those with no religion at 35.5%. This last group is a little above the New South Wales figure but well below the Australian average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South Penrith, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 35%.
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- Catholic 27.2%
- Anglican 15.9%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
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- No religion 35.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 South Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13612/south-penrith/topic/religion