24.3% ▲ +121.3%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hay · Council (LGA)
Religion in Hay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the dominant faith in Hay, where 61% of the population identifies with a church. While a growing number of people now claim no religion, this figure remains far below the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 24.3% of residents have no religion, which is among the lowest proportions for similar areas and well below the NSW figure of 33.2%. This group has grown by 13 percentage points since 2011, while other faiths like Hinduism and Buddhism are less common at 0.7% and 0.5% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hay, Christianity is the majority at 61%; No religion is next at 24%.
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- Catholic 27.6%
- Anglican 21.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.8%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Other Christian 1.4%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- No religion 24.3%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13850/hay/topic/religion