40.7% ▲ +134.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Religion in The Rocks
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 41% of people in The Rocks report having no religion, making it a place where secularism is more common than in the rest of New South Wales. This shift is part of a broader trend where non-religious views are now more frequent than any single faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 40.7%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity follows closely at 39.1%, while Buddhism (4.1%), Hinduism (3.2%) and Judaism (1.9%) also make up the local mix.
Religious affiliation
View on map →The Rocks splits fairly evenly between No religion (41%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 39.2%
- Secular beliefs 1.7%
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Anglican 8.4%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Orthodox 1.6%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
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- Other religious groups 1.3%
- Sikhism 0.8%
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 The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13856/the-rocks/topic/religion