27.6% ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parramatta · State Electorate
Religion in Parramatta
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Parramatta now report having no religion, with this group rising by 6.3 percentage points since 2011. Despite this trend, the area remains more religious than most of the country, as the proportion of people without a faith is far below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 37.7%, followed by Hinduism at 15.2% and Islam at 6.5%. Those with no religion make up 27.6% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parramatta, the largest group is Christianity at 38%, followed by No religion (28%) and Hinduism (15%).
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- Catholic 18.9%
- Anglican 5.3%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 27.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.2%
- Other religious groups 0.9%
- 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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10065/parramatta/topic/religion