31.0% ▲ +103.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sunshine · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sunshine
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 36.8% of people in Sunshine identify as Christian, making it the most common faith in the area. This community is more likely to hold a religious affiliation than the state and national averages, with fewer people claiming no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 31% of residents report having no religion, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%. Other common faiths include Buddhism at 10.2%, Hinduism at 6.7%, and Islam at 5.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sunshine, the largest group is Christianity at 37%, followed by No religion (31%) and Buddhism (10%).
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- Catholic 21.3%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Orthodox 4.1%
- Anglican 2.5%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
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- No religion 30.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.2%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Sunshine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22395/sunshine/topic/religion