37.4% ▲ +82.9%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Myall Lakes · State Electorate
Religion in Myall Lakes
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 17 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks the biggest shift in Myall Lakes. While over half the population still identifies as Christian, a growing number of residents now claim no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 52.5%, while 37.4% of people have no religion. This no-religion figure is well above the New South Wales average, though it sits a little below the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Myall Lakes, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 37%.
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- Anglican 21.8%
- Catholic 17.0%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 3.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 37.0%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Myall Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10057/myall-lakes/topic/religion