42.9% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Sunbury · Urban Centre
Religion in Sunbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A growing number of people in Sunbury now identify as having no religion, which currently shapes the spiritual landscape of the area. Nearly 43% of residents report no faith, a figure that has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 47.9%, though those with no religion have risen by 17 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.9%. This lack of religious affiliation is well above the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Sunbury, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 27.8%
- Anglican 8.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 42.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212006/sunbury/topic/religion