30.0% ▲ +142.0%
Lower than 97% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney · Urban Area
Religion in Sydney
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much lower share of people report no religion in Sydney compared to the national figure, where the gap is nearly 9 percentage points. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.3%, the number of people claiming no religion has risen sharply to 30% over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 45.3%, followed by those with no religion (30.0%), Islam (6.8%), Hinduism (5.2%), and Buddhism (4.1%). The proportion of people with no religion is well below the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sydney, the largest group is Christianity at 45%, followed by No religion (30%) and Islam (7%).
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- Catholic 23.2%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Orthodox 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 29.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1031/sydney/topic/religion