42.5% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lavender Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lavender Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Lavender Bay now identify as having no religion than in previous years. This shift is clear as 42.5% of the population now report no religious affiliation, a figure well above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 43.9%, though 42.5% of residents have no religion, which is well above the 33.2% seen in New South Wales. Other groups include Hindus at 2.6% and Buddhists at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Lavender Bay splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 24.1%
- Anglican 13.1%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 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 Lavender Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12294/lavender-bay/topic/religion