59.0% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Byron · Council (LGA)
Religion in Byron
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive 21 percentage point rise in people reporting no religion since 2011 defines the spiritual landscape of Byron. Now, 59% of residents identify as non-religious, a figure far above the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
With 59% of people claiming no religion, Byron is among the highest for this trait in the country. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, while Christianity is the next most common faith at 23.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Byron, No religion is the majority at 59%; Christianity is next at 24%.
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- No religion 57.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 10.4%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 2.1%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.7%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Byron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11350/byron/topic/religion