38.9% ▲ +224.6%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Riverside · Urban Centre
Religion in Riverside
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Riverside, where over half of the residents identify with a Christian denomination. This religious landscape is shifting, with a significant rise in people reporting no faith over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
More than half of residents identify as Christian (53.7%), while 38.9% report no religion. This last group has grown by 27 percentage points since 2011, and is now well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Riverside, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 22.3%
- Anglican 21.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
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- No religion 36.0%
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122115/riverside/topic/religion