42.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wheeler Heights · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Wheeler Heights
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Wheeler Heights now report having no religion, a trend that has seen the area move well above the national figure. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, the share of residents without a faith is significantly higher than in New South Wales.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 42.7% of the population, which is well above the 33.2% seen across New South Wales. Christianity remains the most common faith at 51.9%, followed by small groups of Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wheeler Heights, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 43%.
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- Catholic 26.2%
- Anglican 16.3%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Other Christian 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- No religion 42.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Wheeler Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14285/wheeler-heights/topic/religion