47.2% ▲ +89.5%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lawnton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Lawnton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Lawnton residents now report having no religion, a figure that has surged by 22 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area much more secular than most other similar places. Today, 47.2% of the population identifies as non-religious, while 42.9% identify as Christians.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The 47.2% who have no religion is well above the figures for Queensland (41.2%) and Australia (38.9%). Other faiths are less common, with Hinduism and Buddhism each accounting for around 0.9% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Lawnton splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Anglican 9.5%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Uniting Church 3.2%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Lawnton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/314031392/lawnton/topic/religion