54.1% ▲ +69.4%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Katoomba - Leura · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Katoomba - Leura
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Katoomba - Leura report having no religion. This shift is a defining feature of the area, where the number of people claiming no faith has climbed steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 54.1%, which is far above the national figure of 38.9% and rose 22 points since 2011. Christianity is the next most common at 33.5%, followed by Buddhism at 2.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Katoomba - Leura, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 33%.
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- No religion 52.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
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- Catholic 12.9%
- Anglican 10.6%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.9%
- 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 Katoomba - Leura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124011452/katoomba-leura/topic/religion