40.0% ▲ +93.0%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bundaberg · Council (LGA)
Religion in Bundaberg
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in people reporting no religion has reshaped the spiritual landscape of Bundaberg since 2011. This group now makes up 40% of the population, marking a 19 point jump over the last decade. While Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 49.2%, the gap between the two largest groups has narrowed significantly.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Forty per cent of residents now claim no religion, a figure slightly lower than the Queensland average but a little above the national rate. Other religious groups are small, with Buddhism at 0.9%, and Islam and other faiths each at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bundaberg, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (40%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Anglican 14.3%
- Other Christian 8.0%
- Uniting Church 5.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 39.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31820/bundaberg/topic/religion