35.9% ▲ +113.5%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lithgow · Urban Centre
Religion in Lithgow
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significant shift in belief has occurred in Lithgow, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011. Over half the population still identifies as Christian, though the area now has a lower proportion of non-religious residents than most similar places.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 53.4%, while 35.9% of residents report no religion. This last figure is a little above the New South Wales rate but a little below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lithgow, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 16.8%
- Uniting Church 5.2%
- Other Christian 4.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 35.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113008/lithgow/topic/religion