39.8% ▲ +86.5%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wakehurst · State Electorate
Religion in Wakehurst
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Wakehurst report having no religion compared to the state average. Nearly 40% of the population does not follow a faith, which is 6.6 percentage points above the New South Wales figure. This reflects a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 49.8% of residents identify as Christian, the number of people with no religion has risen 18 points since 2011 to reach 39.8%. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 2.2%, Hinduism at 1.5%, and Islam at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Wakehurst, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 25.3%
- Anglican 13.0%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 39.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Wakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10088/wakehurst/topic/religion