44.9% ▲ +120.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sherwood
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Sherwood identify as having no religion, making it a place where non-religious views are much more common than in most of Australia. This shift is reflected in the 2021 data, where those with no faith represent the largest single group in the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.9% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 42.7%, while other religions like Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism are not present.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sherwood splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 17%.
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- No religion 42.6%
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- Uniting Church 12.8%
- Catholic 11.7%
- Other Christian 8.5%
- Anglican 3.2%
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41341/sherwood/topic/religion