36.9% ▲ +117.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lithgow · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lithgow
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Lithgow identify as Christian, making up 51.5% of the population. This is the most common religious group in the area, while those with no religion form the next largest group. Together, these two categories cover the vast majority of the local community.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 36.9% of residents report having no religion, which is a little below the national figure of 38.9%. This is well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%, although it remains lower than most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lithgow, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Catholic 20.2%
- Anglican 16.7%
- Uniting Church 5.1%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 36.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12356/lithgow/topic/religion