42.8% ▲ +168.4%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
Religion in Forest Hill
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no religion is the main story for Forest Hill. This group now makes up 42.8% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 43% of residents have no religion, a figure that has climbed by 27 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the 33.2% seen across New South Wales, while 41.6% of the community identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Forest Hill splits fairly evenly between No religion (43%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 12%.
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- No religion 42.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 17.9%
- Anglican 12.0%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 2.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115060/forest-hill/topic/religion