37.7% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Penshurst · Urban Centre
Religion in Penshurst
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Penshurst identify with a faith, making it a place where religious identity remains common. Christianity is the most prominent faith here, though the number of people claiming no religion has risen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the main faith at 52.7%, while 37.7% of residents report no religion. This figure for those with no religion is a little below the Victorian average of 39.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Penshurst, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 28.5%
- Other Christian 9.2%
- Anglican 7.7%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 37.1%
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222069/penshurst/topic/religion