24.7% ▲ +64.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hay · Urban Centre
Religion in Hay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far lower share of people identify as having no religion in Hay compared to the rest of the country. While 60.6% of the population is Christian, the number of people claiming no faith is much lower than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Only 24.7% of residents have no religion, which is far below the Australian figure of 38.9%. This is among the lowest proportions for similar areas, although the figure has risen by 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Hay, Christianity is the majority at 61%; No religion is next at 25%.
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- Catholic 26.9%
- Anglican 21.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.7%
- Uniting Church 3.4%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Other Christian 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 24.8%
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- Sikhism 0.7%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115079/hay/topic/religion