32.0% ▲ +102.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yowie Bay · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Yowie Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A steady shift toward secularism is slower in Yowie Bay than in other parts of the country. While many Australians now claim no faith, 63.8% of people here still identify as Christians, leaving the area with a much higher proportion of religious residents than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 63.8%, while 32.0% of residents report no religion. This lack of affiliation is well below the Australian figure of 38.9% and a little below the New South Wales rate of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Yowie Bay, Christianity is the majority at 64%; No religion is next at 32%.
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- Catholic 29.4%
- Anglican 18.4%
- Orthodox 5.4%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
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- No religion 31.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.2%
- Other religious groups 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 Yowie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14537/yowie-bay/topic/religion