36.7% ▲ +37.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sydney
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has seen those with no religion rise to 36.7% in Sydney. This makes the area more diverse in faith than many other regions, with Buddhism and Christianity both representing large shares of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 36.7% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% but a little below the national figure of 38.9%. Other major groups include Christians at 26.7% and Buddhists at 21.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydney, the largest group is No religion at 37%, followed by Christianity (27%) and Buddhism (21%).
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- No religion 36.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 13.7%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Anglican 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
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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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13730/sydney/topic/religion