45.7% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lucas · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Lucas
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A gap of nearly 7 percentage points separates Lucas from the national average in terms of secularism. Nearly 46% of people here have no religion, making it more likely for residents to be non-religious than in most other areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population (45.7%) reports no religion, which is well above the Victorian figure of 39.3%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 39.8%, followed by smaller groups of Hindus (3.5%), Muslims (2.8%), and other religions (2.8%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lucas, the largest group is No religion at 46%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (4%).
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- No religion 45.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Baptist 0.6%
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- Sikhism 2.5%
- Other religious groups 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 Lucas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21550/lucas/topic/religion