35.6% ▲ +116.3%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lithgow · Council (LGA)
Religion in Lithgow
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Lithgow identify as Christians, making it the most common religious group in the area. While the number of people claiming no religion has jumped significantly since 2011, the region remains more religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common affiliation at 52.4%. Those with no religion make up 35.6% of the population, a figure that rose 19 percentage points since 2011 and is a little above the New South Wales average, though it remains well below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lithgow, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 21.3%
- Anglican 16.7%
- Uniting Church 4.9%
- Other Christian 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 35.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14870/lithgow/topic/religion