39.6% ▲ +68.6%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Swan · Federal Electorate
Religion in Swan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 40% of people in Swan report having no religion, making it the most common response for the area. While this figure has climbed significantly over the last decade, the community remains more religious than the state average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common response at 39.6%, a figure that rose 16 points since 2011. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 42.9%, while other major groups include Christianity at 37.9%, Islam at 5.7%, Buddhism at 3.6%, and Hinduism at 3.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Swan splits fairly evenly between No religion (40%) and Christianity (38%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 39.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 19.2%
- Anglican 7.6%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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- Sikhism 1.4%
- 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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED514/swan/topic/religion