50.8% ▲ +73.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Smiths Lake · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Smiths Lake
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Smiths Lake report having no religion, a figure far higher than the national average. This shift toward secularism is a dominant feature of the local community, where 50.8% of residents identify as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 50.8%, the share of people with no religion is much higher than in most areas and sits 12 points above the Australian figure. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 37.8%, followed by small numbers of Hindus and Buddhists.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Smiths Lake, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 50.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.4%
- Anglican 15.2%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Smiths Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13579/smiths-lake/topic/religion