58.9% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Byron Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Byron Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift away from traditional faith has seen Byron Bay become a place where more than half the population now reports no religion. This 58.9% figure is far above the national average and stands among the highest for similar areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 59% of residents have no religion, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. The remaining population is mostly Christian at 24.8%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists, Jews, and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Byron Bay, No religion is the majority at 59%; Christianity is next at 25%.
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- No religion 57.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 11.9%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Other Christian 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10731/byron-bay/topic/religion