46.6% ▲ +75.0%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lakes Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Lakes Entrance
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Lakes Entrance now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 20 percentage points since 2011. This shift has made the area much less religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.6% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now the largest, followed by Christians at 41.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lakes Entrance, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (10%).
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- No religion 46.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.9%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021084/lakes-entrance/topic/religion