42.1% ▲ +81.2%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bundaberg · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Bundaberg
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A strong shift away from organised faith defines Bundaberg, where 42.1% of people now report no religion. This is well above the national figure and marks a significant change in the local community's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those reporting no religion make up 42.1% of the population, a figure that has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011. This group is now slightly larger than those who identify as Christians, who account for 40.5% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bundaberg splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (40%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 41.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.5%
- Anglican 10.2%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Uniting Church 3.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.8%
- Baptist 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319011495/bundaberg/topic/religion