49.6% ▲ +55.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Donnybrook-Balingup · Council (LGA)
Religion in Donnybrook-Balingup
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Donnybrook-Balingup now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed 18 percentage points since 2011. This shift means a majority of the community no longer identifies with a faith, making the area far more secular than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.6% of people identify with no religion, which is far above the national figure of 38.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 40.6%, while other religions, Buddhism, and Islam each account for around 0.5% or 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Donnybrook-Balingup, the largest group is No religion at 50%, followed by Christianity (41%) and Not stated (8%).
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- No religion 49.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.4%
- Anglican 14.4%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
- 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 Donnybrook-Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52870/donnybrook-balingup/topic/religion