59.7% ▲ +207.2%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Religion in Byron Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A huge 59.7% of people in Byron Bay have no religion, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a major shift in the area, where the number of residents with no religious affiliation has jumped by 40 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 60% of residents claim no religion, while 24.9% are Christians. This lack of religious affiliation is far above the 33.2% seen across New South Wales.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Byron Bay, No religion is the majority at 60%; Christianity is next at 25%.
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- No religion 58.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Catholic 12.3%
- Anglican 6.8%
- Other Christian 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Baptist 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/religion