41.3% ▲ +175.8%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hervey Bay · Urban Area
Religion in Hervey Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Hervey Bay sits around the middle of similar areas for its level of religious affiliation. Nearly half of the population identifies as Christian, while a growing number of people now report having no religion. This shift is a major trend for the region, with the number of people claiming no religion jumping by 26 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 48.4%, while 41.3% of people report no religion. This figure is about the same as the Queensland average, though it is a little above the national figure of 38.9%.
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 16.2%
- Anglican 15.8%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- No religion 40.9%
- 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/sua/3009/hervey-bay/topic/religion