56.6% ▲ +55.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Surry Hills · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Surry Hills
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Surry Hills report having no religion than in most similar areas. This is a highly secular community where 56.6% of residents do not identify with any faith, a figure far above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Over half the population identifies with no religion, which is 18 percentage points higher than the Australian figure. Christianity is the next most common faith at 25.1%, followed by Buddhism at 4.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Surry Hills, No religion is the majority at 57%; Christianity is next at 25%.
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- No religion 55.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 14.0%
- Anglican 4.8%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13714/surry-hills/topic/religion