62.6% ▲ +421.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bangalow · Urban Centre
Religion in Bangalow
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
An overwhelming 62.6% of people in Bangalow report having no religion. This is far above the national figure and marks a massive shift for the town, where the number of people without a faith has climbed by 51 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of residents with no religion is among the highest for similar areas, sitting 24 percentage points above the Australian average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 24.5%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists (1.1%) and Jews (0.6%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bangalow, No religion is the majority at 63%; Christianity is next at 25%.
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- No religion 61.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 11.8%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Other Christian 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
- Baptist 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Bangalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115006/bangalow/topic/religion