39.8% ▲ +72.1%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bayswater · Council (LGA)
Religion in Bayswater
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 40% of people in Bayswater now report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 17 points since 2011. This shift means that while the area remains diverse in faith, a large and growing portion of the population does not identify with any particular religious group.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 42.8%, followed by those with no religion at 39.8%. Other groups include Buddhists (3.9%), Muslims (3.2%) and Hindus (2.5%), with the proportion of people reporting no religion sitting well below the Western Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bayswater splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 25.2%
- Anglican 7.1%
- Other Christian 4.5%
- Orthodox 2.4%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
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- No religion 39.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50420/bayswater/topic/religion