59.7% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Byron Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Byron Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 60% of people in Byron Bay report having no religion, a figure that far exceeds the national average. This shift is part of a major trend in the area, where the number of people identifying as non-religious has jumped by 23 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 59.7% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2% and among the highest across similar areas. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 24.9%, followed by Buddhism at 2.2% and Judaism at 1.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Byron Bay, No religion is the majority at 60%; Christianity is next at 25%.
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- No religion 58.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 12.3%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011240/byron-bay/topic/religion