49.3% ▲ +59.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Esperance · Council (LGA)
Religion in Esperance
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Esperance report having no religion, a figure far above the national average. This shift is stark, with the number of non-religious residents climbing 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 49.3% of the population identifies as having no religion, which is much higher than in most areas and well above the Western Australian figure. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 37.5% and Buddhism at 0.6%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Esperance, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (12%).
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- No religion 48.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 11.6%
- Anglican 10.8%
- Other Christian 8.6%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
- Sikhism 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 Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53290/esperance/topic/religion