29.9% ▲ +77.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lidcombe · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lidcombe
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and spiritual practice shape the daily life of Lidcombe, where a wide variety of religions are represented. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the area is notably more religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 33.6%, followed by those with no religion at 29.9%. This last group is much lower than the national figure of 38.9%, and also well below the New South Wales rate of 33.2%. Hinduism (9.7%), Islam (9.6%), and Buddhism (9.4%) also make up significant parts of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Lidcombe splits fairly evenly between Christianity (34%) and No religion (30%), with Hinduism at 10%.
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- Catholic 16.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.7%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Anglican 2.3%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Orthodox 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 29.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- 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 Lidcombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12325/lidcombe/topic/religion