50.0% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
St Leonards · Suburb / Locality
Religion in St Leonards
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Half of the people in St Leonards report having no religion, making it far more secular than most other areas. This lack of religious affiliation is the most common response here, significantly outstripping the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident here has no religion (50%), a figure far above the 33.2% seen across New South Wales. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 28.3%, Hinduism at 6%, and Buddhism at 5.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In St Leonards, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (28%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 49.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.9%
- Anglican 4.6%
- Other Christian 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13657/st-leonards/topic/religion