42.2% —
Higher than 57% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Greater Perth · Capital City
Religion in Greater Perth
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over 42% of people in Greater Perth now report having no religion. This is a significant shift for the region, as the number of people identifying as non-religious has jumped by nearly 10 percentage points since 2016.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.2% of residents have no religion, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian (41.8%), followed by smaller groups of Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Greater Perth splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 41.8%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- 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 Greater Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/5GPER/greater-perth/topic/religion