47.2% ▲ +113.0%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canning · Federal Electorate
Religion in Canning
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive shift in belief has seen the number of people with no religion in Canning jump by 25 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half of the population now reports no religious affiliation, which is well above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those reporting no religion make up 47.2% of the population, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 42.3%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Hinduism each account for less than 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Canning splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 46.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.2%
- Anglican 14.5%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.4%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED503/canning/topic/religion