39.4% ▲ +103.6%
Lower than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Batemans Bay · Urban Area
Religion in Batemans Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 40% of people in Batemans Bay now report having no religion, reflecting a significant shift in the local spiritual landscape. While Christianity remains the most common faith, the area has seen a rapid rise in people stepping away from organised religion over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Almost half of residents (49.9%) identify as Christian, while 39.4% have no religion. This latter group rose by 20 percentage points since 2011, leaving the local figure for no religion well above the New South Wales average of 33.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Batemans Bay, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (39%) and Not stated (9%).
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- Catholic 20.5%
- Anglican 18.2%
- Other Christian 3.8%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 38.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 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 Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1004/batemans-bay/topic/religion