What is the largest religion in Australia?
According to the 2006 Census, Christianity is the largest religious grouping, making up 63.9% of the population. The most common Christian denominations are Catholic (25.8%) and Anglican (18.7%).

How many parishes are there?
The 2007 Official Directory lists 1363 Catholic parishes, including 30 belonging to Eastern Catholic Churches. In the Sydney Archdiocese there are 141 parishes, in the pastoral care of around 474 Archdiocesan priests. In the Sydney suburban dioceses of Broken Bay, Parramatta and Wollongong there are 119 parishes and 403 priests.

How many priests are there in Australia?
The number of priests in Australia in 2007 was 3178.

How many men are training to be priests?
At the start of 2008, there were 43 men studying to be priests in Sydney.

In 2007, according to the Official Catholic Directory, there were 179 young men training to be priests in Australia's diocesan seminaries. Many others were training to be priests in religious orders.

How many religious sisters and brothers are there in Australia?
In 2007 there are about 5709 religious sisters and 1020 religious brothers in Australia.

What are Australia?s most common non-Christian religions?
Buddism (2.1%), Islam (1.7%) and Hinduism (0.7%). People affiliated with the main non-Christian religions are mainly clustered in Sydney and Melbourne.

How many Catholics are there in Sydney?
There are approximately 600,000 Catholics in the Archdiocese of Sydney. There are an additional 300,000 Catholics in the Sydney suburban dioceses of Broken Bay, Parramatta and Wollongong.