42.7% ▲ +82.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sunbury · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sunbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than 42% of people in Sunbury report having no religion, a figure well above the national average. While nearly half the population identifies as Christian, the area shows a clear shift toward those with no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.7% of residents have no religion, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia. Christianity remains the most common faith at 48%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus and Buddhists at 1.1% and 1.0% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sunbury, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 27.8%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 42.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22391/sunbury/topic/religion