39.1% ▲ +102.5%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Batemans Bay - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Batemans Bay - South
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A surge in people reporting no religion has reshaped the spiritual landscape of Batemans Bay - South. Since 2011, this group has grown by 20 percentage points to reach 39.1% of the population. While nearly half the area still identifies as Christian, the shift away from organised faith is a defining local trend.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.1% of people here have no religion, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and about the same as the national average. Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 49.8%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (0.9%) and Hindus (0.3%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Batemans Bay - South, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Anglican 17.1%
- Other Christian 4.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 38.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Batemans Bay - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041018/batemans-bay-south/topic/religion