32.1% ▲ +101.1%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bathurst · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Bathurst
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith plays a significant role in the lives of many in Bathurst, where over half the population identifies as Christian. While more people have moved away from organised religion recently, the area remains more religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 55.8%, while 32.1% of people report no religion. This last group has grown by 16 percentage points since 2011, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bathurst, Christianity is the majority at 56%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 28.4%
- Anglican 15.8%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- No religion 31.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10301/bathurst/topic/religion