11.3% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lakemba · State Electorate
Religion in Lakemba
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Lakemba today compared to a decade ago. This is a deeply religious area where the typical resident follows a faith, with Islam and Christianity being the most common.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Islam is the most common faith at 41.6%, followed by Christianity at 32.4%. Only 11.3% of residents claim no religion, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 10 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lakemba, the largest group is Islam at 42%, followed by Christianity (32%) and No religion (11%).
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- Catholic 17.9%
- Orthodox 6.7%
- Other Christian 2.9%
- Anglican 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 11.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10043/lakemba/topic/religion