45.1% ▲ +66.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lara · Urban Centre
Religion in Lara
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people reporting no religion has shaped the spiritual landscape of Lara, where this group grew by 18 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly half of the population identifies as non-religious, making it one of the most secular areas in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.1% of residents in Lara have no religion, a figure well above both the Victorian and national averages. This group is almost as large as those identifying as Christians, who make up 45.2% of the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Lara splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 23.7%
- Anglican 8.3%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 44.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213008/lara/topic/religion