38.3% ▲ +82.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lake Cathie · Urban Centre
Religion in Lake Cathie
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people claiming no faith defines the recent spiritual shift in Lake Cathie. Since 2011, the number of residents without a religion has jumped by 17 percentage points to reach 38.3%. This shift occurs while Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 55.5%.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 38.3% of residents now report no religion, this is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and about the same as the national average. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.3%, Judaism at 0.2%, and Hinduism at 0.1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lake Cathie, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 38%.
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 21.2%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 37.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 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 Lake Cathie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115096/lake-cathie/topic/religion