38.6% ▲ +144.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Townsend · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Townsend
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of over five percentage points separates Townsend from the New South Wales average for people with no religion. This area mirrors the national trend, where nearly 39% of residents identify as non-religious. Most people here still hold a faith, with more than half the population identifying as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 38.6% of people have no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and about the same as the national average. Christians make up the largest group at 53.8%, while Buddhism is the only other reported faith at 0.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Townsend, Christianity is the majority at 54%; No religion is next at 39%.
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- Catholic 18.4%
- Anglican 16.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 7.1%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- No religion 38.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
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 Townsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13946/townsend/topic/religion