45.3% ▲ +82.0%
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Curtin · Federal Electorate
Religion in Curtin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 20 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks a major shift for Curtin. This area is now more secular than most similar places, with nearly half the population identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.3% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Christians make up 42.6% of the area, while Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam account for 2.5%, 1.6% and 1.0% respectively.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Curtin splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 44.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.9%
- Anglican 12.7%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Orthodox 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- 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 Curtin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED505/curtin/topic/religion