41.9% ▲ +77.8%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lara · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Lara
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 42% of people in Lara now report having no religion, marking a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the number of people claiming no religious affiliation has jumped by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 42.4%, though 41.9% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the national figure. Other faiths include Islam at 1.5%, other religions at 1.4%, and Buddhism at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Lara splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Catholic 22.1%
- Anglican 7.8%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 41.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Lara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021043/lara/topic/religion