53.9% ▲ +75.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lawson · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lawson
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Lawson now report having no religion, a figure that has risen since 2011. This shift has made the area far more secular than the rest of the state and the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 53.9% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 37.3%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Islam each account for less than 2% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lawson, No religion is the majority at 54%; Christianity is next at 37%.
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- No religion 52.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.7%
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- Catholic 15.7%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Baptist 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- Other religious groups 1.4%
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 Lawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12298/lawson/topic/religion