45.9% ▲ +75.9%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bunbury · Council (LGA)
Religion in Bunbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 46% of people in Bunbury report having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. This reflects a significant shift in the community, with the number of people identifying as non-religious jumping 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half the population (45.9%) identifies as having no religion, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 41.6%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each account for less than 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bunbury splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.8%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51190/bunbury/topic/religion