36.5% ▲ +98.3%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bowral - Mittagong · Urban Area
Religion in Bowral - Mittagong
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Bowral - Mittagong identify as Christian, making it a more religious area than many other similar places. This spiritual presence is a key part of local life, even as the number of people claiming no religion has grown significantly over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 53.2%, though those with no religion rose 18 points since 2011 to reach 36.5%. This figure is well above the New South Wales average, while Hinduism (1.6%) and Buddhism (1.0%) are also present in the community.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bowral - Mittagong, Christianity is the majority at 53%; No religion is next at 36%.
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Anglican 19.9%
- Other Christian 4.4%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 36.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Bowral - Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1006/bowral-mittagong/topic/religion