14.0% ▲ +82.1%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Fairfield · State Electorate
Religion in Fairfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Fairfield than in most other similar areas. While those with no faith rose to 14% in 2021, the area remains deeply religious compared to the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.1%, followed by Buddhism at 16.8% and Islam at 11.2%. The 14% of residents reporting no religion is far below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Fairfield, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by Buddhism (17%) and No religion (14%).
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- Catholic 27.8%
- Other Christian 10.9%
- Orthodox 4.0%
- Anglican 2.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Uniting Church 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.5%
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- No religion 13.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10029/fairfield/topic/religion