49.9% ▲ +89.3%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Lorne · Urban Centre
Religion in Lorne
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Lorne report having no religion. This represents a huge shift for the area, with the number of people with no religious affiliation climbing 24 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 49.9%, the share of people with no religion is far above the national figure of 38.9%. The rest of the community is mostly Christian at 36.3%, followed by small groups of Hindus, Buddhists, and other faiths, each under 1%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Lorne, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (36%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 49.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.9%
- Anglican 10.3%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Orthodox 1.8%
- Other Christian 1.3%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
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 Lorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215049/lorne/topic/religion