41.4% ▲ +111.8%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lake Macquarie - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Lake Macquarie - West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Lake Macquarie - West report no religion compared to the state average. While half the area identifies as Christian, the number of people with no religious affiliation has climbed 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.4% of residents claim no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. This group is now the second largest after Christians, who make up 50.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lake Macquarie - West, Christianity is the majority at 50%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Anglican 15.8%
- Other Christian 8.6%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 Lake Macquarie - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11102/lake-macquarie-west/topic/religion