45.5% ▲ +98.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Sassafras
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of people in Sassafras, or 45.5%, report having no religion. This is much higher than the national figure and makes 'no religion' the most common response for the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 45.5% of residents claim no religion—a figure well above the Australian average—this is well below the state rate of 50%. Christianity follows closely behind at 44.3%, with Buddhism making up a small 1.1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Sassafras splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (45%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 45.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.9%
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- Anglican 14.7%
- Uniting Church 11.5%
- Baptist 9.5%
- Catholic 7.8%
- Other Christian 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60586/sassafras/topic/religion