44.8% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Joondalup · Council (LGA)
Religion in Joondalup
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A far higher share of people in Joondalup identify as having no religion compared to the national average. This shift is most striking in the recent jump of people leaving organised faith, with nearly 45% now claiming no religion.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 44.8% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. This group has grown by 20 percentage points since 2011, while Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 47%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Joondalup splits fairly evenly between Christianity (47%) and No religion (45%), with Not stated at 5%.
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- Catholic 21.2%
- Anglican 13.5%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
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- No religion 44.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Joondalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54170/joondalup/topic/religion