47.2% ▲ +67.6%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bassendean · Council (LGA)
Religion in Bassendean
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the population in Bassendean reports having no religion. This is a striking shift for the area, as the proportion of people without a religious affiliation has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 47.2%, the share of people with no religion is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Those who do have a faith are mostly Christian (40.7%), while Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam each account for around 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bassendean, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (7%).
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- No religion 46.5%
- Secular beliefs 0.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 21.0%
- Anglican 9.4%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 1.3%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
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 Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50350/bassendean/topic/religion