51.9% ▲ +64.6%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bellingen · Council (LGA)
Religion in Bellingen
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the population in Bellingen now reports having no religion. This shift is a major trend for the area, with the number of people claiming no faith jumping 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 51.9% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 35.5%, followed by Buddhism at 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bellingen, No religion is the majority at 52%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 50.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Anglican 14.1%
- Catholic 11.7%
- Uniting Church 3.5%
- Other Christian 3.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Sikhism 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 Bellingen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10600/bellingen/topic/religion