56.2% ▲ +67.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lewisham · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lewisham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Lewisham report having no religion than in most other areas. Over half the population identifies as non-religious, which is a much higher proportion than across the rest of the state.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 56.2% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 33.2%. Those who do identify with a faith most commonly name Christianity at 30.7%, followed by Buddhism at 3.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lewisham, No religion is the majority at 56%; Christianity is next at 31%.
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- No religion 55.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.4%
- Anglican 5.1%
- Orthodox 3.3%
- Other Christian 2.2%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12322/lewisham/topic/religion