39.2% ▲ +93.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lake Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lake Illawarra
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A higher proportion of people in Lake Illawarra report having no religion compared to the state average. While nearly 40% of the population identifies this way, Christianity remains the most common affiliation in the area.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.2% of residents have no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and about the same as the national average. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 48.2%, Islam at 1.4% and Buddhism at 1.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lake Illawarra, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (10%).
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- Catholic 22.7%
- Anglican 13.5%
- Other Christian 5.8%
- Orthodox 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 38.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12259/lake-illawarra/topic/religion