28.7% ▲ +127.2%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Upper Lachlan Shire · Council (LGA)
Religion in Upper Lachlan Shire
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people claim no religion in Upper Lachlan Shire compared to most other areas. While the number of people without a faith has climbed since 2011, the majority of the community still identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 60.2%. Those reporting no religion make up 28.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 38.9% and well below New South Wales at 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Upper Lachlan Shire, Christianity is the majority at 60%; No religion is next at 29%.
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- Catholic 27.6%
- Anglican 22.3%
- Uniting Church 4.8%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 28.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Upper Lachlan Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17640/upper-lachlan-shire/topic/religion