43.9% ▲ +77.0%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lismore · Council (LGA)
Religion in Lismore
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Lismore claim no religion compared to most other areas. Nearly 44% of the population identify as non-religious, which is a much higher figure than across New South Wales and the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 43.9%. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, while those identifying with Christianity make up 43.4% of the area.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Lismore splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 43.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 18.3%
- Anglican 11.5%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.9%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14850/lismore/topic/religion