What percent of Sydney is Muslim?

The highest percentage of Muslim residents in a Greater Sydney suburb has risen from 41% in 2006 to 59% in 2016, in the suburb of Lakemba.

Is Australia a Muslim friendly country?

So is Australia a Muslim-friendly country? Yes!

What is the fastest growing religion in Australia?

It may come as a surprise to you, but the fastest growing religion in the country according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics is Sikhism. This religion experienced a 500% growth from 2006 to 2016, and is now the fifth largest religion in all of Australia.

What is the percentage of Muslims in Australia?

According to the 2016 Australian Census, the combined number of people who self-identified as Muslim in Australia, from all forms of Islam, constituted 604,200 people, or 2.6% of the total Australian population, an increase of over 15% of its previous population share of 2.2% reported in the previous census 5 years earlier.

What’s the percentage of Muslims in the United States?

Shias constitute a relatively small percentage of the Muslim population elsewhere in the world. About 300,000 Shias are estimated to be living in North America, including both the U.S. and Canada, constituting about 10% of North America’s Muslim population.

When did the first Muslims come to Australia?

The first camel drivers arrived in Melbourne in 1860, when eight Muslim and Hindu camel drivers came to provide animals to famous explorers Burke and Wills. The point of all this history is that, for much longer than people generally think, there has been growing Muslim population in Australia.

How many people have no religion in Australia?

In 2006, the census estimated that 22% of Australians had no religion, whereas the 2016 identified that 30% of Australians were without a religion. Australia also remains a predominantly English speaking country. 72.2% of census participants reported that they only speak English at home.