45.3% ▲ +127.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bega · Urban Centre
Religion in Bega
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of Bega's population now identifies as having no religion, reflecting a significant shift in the town's spiritual landscape. This lack of affiliation has grown rapidly, with 45.3% of residents now opting out of traditional faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion is far above the New South Wales figure of 33.2%, having jumped 25 points since 2011. While 42% of residents still identify as Christians, the number of those with no faith is now much higher than in most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bega splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- No religion 44.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Anglican 16.5%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 2.3%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 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 Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115013/bega/topic/religion