41.5% ▲ +85.3%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hervey Bay · State Electorate
Religion in Hervey Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significant rise in those with no religion defines Hervey Bay, where this group has grown by 19 percentage points since 2011. Now, 41.5% of residents report no faith, making the area's spiritual landscape shift quickly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of the population identify as Christians (48.2%), while the 41.5% with no religion is slightly above the national figure. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 0.9%, and Hinduism at 0.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hervey Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 48%, followed by No religion (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- Catholic 15.9%
- Anglican 15.8%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 41.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30033/hervey-bay/topic/religion