41.3% ▲ +128.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Hervey Bay · Urban Centre
Religion in Hervey Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of the people in Hervey Bay identify as Christian, though a growing number now claim no faith. This shift is clear in the latest data, where those with no religion have jumped to 41.3% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 48.4%, but the number of people reporting no religion rose 23 points since 2011. This figure is now a little above the national average and about the same as the Queensland state figure.
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/ucl/UCL311002/hervey-bay/topic/religion