49.5% ▲ +84.0%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Forrest · Federal Electorate
Religion in Forrest
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Forrest now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 23 percentage points since 2011. This shift makes the area far more secular than the national average, with 49.5% of people claiming no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 49.5%, the share of people with no religion is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Western Australian figure. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 40.0%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each make up around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Forrest, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (40%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 49.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.1%
- Anglican 12.8%
- Other Christian 5.5%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED507/forrest/topic/religion