43.2% —
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Religion in Forrestfield (East Metropolitan)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Roughly 43% of people in Forrestfield report no religion, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This makes the suburb's lack of religious affiliation well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 43.2%, followed closely by Christianity at 40.9%. Other groups include Islam at 3.9%, Hinduism at 2.5%, and Buddhism at 1.7%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (41%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 42.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 17.8%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 7.1%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Forrestfield (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52102/forrestfield/topic/religion