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In North Lakes in 2021, the largest religious group was Western (Roman) Catholic (17.3% of all people), while 41.8% of people had no religion and 4.9% did not answer the question on religion.

North Lakes'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.

North Lakes'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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's religion?'

Religion - Summary
North Lakes - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Religion totalsNumber%South East Queensland %Number%South East Queensland %2011 to 2021
Not stated1,1174.96.69266.28.6+190
No Religion/secular beliefs9,61141.842.53,66124.423.1+5,949
Non-classifiable religious belief1030.40.6870.60.9+16
Non Christian total1,6747.36.15994.04.6+1,074
Christian total10,50545.744.29,74264.962.8+762
Total Population23,010100.0100.015,018100.0100.0+7,992
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Religion - Ranked by size
North Lakes - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
ReligionNumber%South East Queensland %Number%South East Queensland %2011 to 2021
Western (Roman) Catholic3,98317.318.13,52023.423.5+462
Anglican2,2779.910.42,84919.018.1-573
Christian,nfd1,0524.63.25263.52.9+525
Uniting Church7463.23.28335.65.9-88
Hinduism7313.21.72381.60.8+492
Baptist5662.51.84643.12.2+101
Presbyterian and Reformed4411.92.04713.13.3-31
Pentecostal4351.91.43062.01.5+129
Sikhism3331.40.7190.10.3+314
Buddhism2771.21.71681.11.9+108
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes religions with fewer than 10 adherents.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the religious affiliation of the population of North Lakes in 2021 compared to South East Queensland shows that there was a higher proportion of people who professed a religion and a lower proportion who stated they had no religion.

Overall, 52.9% of the population nominated a religion, and 41.8% said they had no religion, compared with 50.2% and 42.5% respectively for South East Queensland.

The largest single religion in North Lakes was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 17.3% of the population or 3,983 people as adherents.

The major differences between the religious affiliation for the population of North Lakes and South East Queensland were:

  • A larger percentage who nominated Hinduism (3.2% compared to 1.7%)
  • A larger percentage who nominated Christian,nfd (4.6% compared to 3.2%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the religious affiliation of the population in North Lakes between 2011 and 2021 were for those who nominated:

  • Anglican (-573 persons)
  • Christian,nfd (+525 persons)
  • Hinduism (+492 persons)
  • Western (Roman) Catholic (+462 persons)

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