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Southern Lakes and The Entrance

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In Southern Lakes and The Entrance in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (24.1% of all people), while 38.0% of people had no religion and 6.7% did not answer the question on religion.

Southern Lakes and The Entrance's religion statistics provide an indicator of cultural identity and ethnicity when observed in conjunction with other key variables. Religion data reveal the major concentrations of religions as well as revealing the proportion of people with no religious affiliation. There are a number of reasons for different religious compositions across areas including the country of birth and ethnic background of the population, the age of the population (belief in religion is generally stronger, the older the population) and changes in values and belief systems.

Southern Lakes and The Entrance's religion statistics should be analysed in conjunction with other ethnicity statistics such as Country of Birth data and Language Spoken data to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups.

Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual religion groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

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'What is the person's religion?'

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Religion - Summary
Southern Lakes and The Entrance - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Religion totalsNumber%Central Coast Council area %Number%Central Coast Council area %2001 to 2021
Christian total28,97452.850.937,59379.577.0-8,619
Non Christian total1,0952.02.73690.81.2+725
Non-classifiable religious belief2480.50.66071.31.5-360
No Religion/secular beliefs20,86938.039.74,95510.512.0+15,914
Not stated3,6946.76.13,7598.08.4-66
Total Population54,880100.0100.047,285100.0100.0+7,595
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Religion - Ranked by size
Southern Lakes and The Entrance - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
ReligionNumber%Central Coast Council area %Number%Central Coast Council area %2001 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic13,25024.121.713,66228.926.6-413
Anglican9,56317.416.816,39734.733.0-6,834
Uniting Church1,2932.42.42,5665.45.6-1,273
Christian,nfd1,1482.12.25981.31.3+550
Presbyterian and Reformed9991.82.01,8764.04.0-877
Baptist7031.31.58491.82.1-146
Pentecostal4370.80.93500.71.0+86
Other Protestant4290.80.91180.20.3+311
Buddhism4090.71.01400.30.4+269
Greek Orthodox2650.50.52020.40.4+63
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2001 and 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of Southern Lakes and The Entrance in 2021 compared to Central Coast Council area shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 54.8% of the population nominated a religion, and 38.0% said they had no religion, compared with 53.6% and 39.7% respectively for Central Coast Council area.

The largest single religion in Southern Lakes and The Entrance was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 24.1% of the population or 13,250 people as adherents.

The major difference between the religious affiliation for the population of Southern Lakes and The Entrance and Central Coast Council area was:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Western (Roman) Catholic (24.1% compared to 21.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in Southern Lakes and The Entrance between 2001 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-6,834 persons)
  • Uniting Church (-1,273 persons)
  • Presbyterian and Reformed (-877 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+550 persons)

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