45.1% ▲ +65.4%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Broome · Council (LGA)
Religion in Broome
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A massive 18 percentage point rise in people claiming no religion has shifted the spiritual landscape of Broome since 2011. Nearly half the population now identifies as non-religious, making the area's lack of faith more common than in most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.1% 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 (36.1%), while Buddhism, Islam, and other religions each account for around 1% or less.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Broome, the largest group is No religion at 45%, followed by Christianity (36%) and Not stated (16%).
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- No religion 44.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 23.5%
- Anglican 5.4%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50980/broome/topic/religion