33.7% ▲ +53.8%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canning · Council (LGA)
Religion in Canning
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise in people with no religion since 2011 marks a shifting spiritual landscape in Canning. While this group grew by 12 percentage points over a decade, the area remains much more religious than most other parts of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 37.8%, followed by Islam at 7.1%, Buddhism at 6.4% and Hinduism at 6.3%. Those with no religion make up 33.7% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Canning splits fairly evenly between Christianity (38%) and No religion (34%), with Islam at 7%.
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Anglican 6.5%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 33.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 2.7%
- 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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51330/canning/topic/religion