36.0% ▲ +70.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Westleigh · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Westleigh
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of Westleigh residents identify as Christian, keeping the area more traditionally religious than many other parts of the country. While a third of the population claims no faith, the overall religious makeup remains quite stable compared to national trends.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 54.8%, followed by those with no religion at 36.0%. This last group is a little above the New South Wales figure, though it is a little below the national average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Westleigh, Christianity is the majority at 55%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 21.9%
- Anglican 15.8%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Baptist 3.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 35.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Westleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14277/westleigh/topic/religion