50.6% ▲ +66.0%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Albany · Council (LGA)
Religion in Albany
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Albany now report having no religion. This represents a massive shift in the community's spiritual landscape, with the number of non-religious residents jumping 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.6% of residents have no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9% and well above Western Australia's 42.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.1%, followed by small groups of Buddhists (0.8%), Hindus (0.3%) and other faiths.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Albany, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 11.9%
- Catholic 10.4%
- Other Christian 7.7%
- Baptist 3.1%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- 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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50080/albany/topic/religion