48.0% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bunbury · Urban Area
Religion in Bunbury
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population now reports having no religion, a shift that has seen Bunbury's non-religious group grow by 21 percentage points since 2011. This trend makes the area notably less religious than the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48% of people here have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 41.6%, while Islam and Buddhism each account for 0.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bunbury, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (42%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 47.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 12.3%
- Other Christian 6.0%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Uniting Church 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Bunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5003/bunbury/topic/religion