29.8% ▲ +70.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sydney · Urban Centre
Religion in Sydney
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Sydney identify as Christian, making it a more religious area than most. While the number of people claiming no religion has grown, it remains well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 29.8% of residents have no religion, which is much lower than in most other areas and well below the Australian figure of 38.9%. Other significant groups include Islam at 6.9%, Hinduism at 5.3%, and Buddhism at 4.2%.
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 23.1%
- Anglican 8.3%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Orthodox 4.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
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- No religion 29.4%
- 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/ucl/UCL101001/sydney/topic/religion