41.1% ▲ +336.6%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lake Macquarie · State Electorate
Religion in Lake Macquarie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A much higher share of people in Lake Macquarie report no religion compared to the New South Wales average. While 51.1% of residents still identify as Christians, the number of people with no religious affiliation has surged to 41.1%. This shift reflects a significant change in the local community's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion now make up 41.1% of the area, which is well above the state figure of 33.2% and a little above the national average. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 9.4% of people reported having no religion.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lake Macquarie, Christianity is the majority at 51%; No religion is next at 41%.
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 15.6%
- Other Christian 8.8%
- Uniting Church 4.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 40.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10042/lake-macquarie/topic/religion