42.5% ▲ +115.5%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lake Macquarie · Council (LGA)
Religion in Lake Macquarie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from faith has seen the number of people reporting no religion in Lake Macquarie climb by 23 percentage points since 2011. While half of the population still identifies as Christian, those with no religious affiliation now make up 42.5% of the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is now well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 50%, while Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam each represent less than 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (43%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 18.1%
- Anglican 15.7%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.9%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 42.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14650/lake-macquarie/topic/religion