43.8% ▲ +61.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Bayswater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 44% of people in Bayswater report having no religion, meaning a minority of residents identify with a faith. This shift towards a non-religious identity is a standout feature for the area compared to state and national trends.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The typical resident is more likely to have no religion than the national figure, with 43.8% of people reporting no affiliation. Christianity is the next most common at 39%, followed by Hinduism at 4% and Buddhism at 3.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bayswater splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (39%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 43.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.4%
- Other Christian 7.4%
- Anglican 5.8%
- Baptist 2.5%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.8%
- Sikhism 0.7%
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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20173/bayswater/topic/religion