47.5% ▲ +84.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Thorneside · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Thorneside
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Thorneside report having no religion, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This shift means that almost 47.5% of the population does not identify with any faith, making it a more secular community than the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 47.5% of residents, which is well above the 38.9% national figure. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 45.6%, while Buddhism, other religions and Hinduism each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Thorneside splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (46%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- No religion 47.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 18.6%
- Anglican 12.6%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Thorneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32814/thorneside/topic/religion