39.4% —
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lara (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Religion in Lara (Western Victoria)
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost 40% of people in Lara now report having no religion, reflecting a shift in how the community connects spiritually. This change is led by a growing number of residents moving away from formal faith, while Christianity remains the most common affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.4%, followed by people with no religion at 39.4%. This last group rose by 8.3 percentage points since 2016, bringing Lara's figure to a level about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lara (Western Victoria), the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 23.4%
- Anglican 6.4%
- Other Christian 4.8%
- Orthodox 2.8%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Baptist 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 39.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.2%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Lara (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24308/lara/topic/religion