44.6% ▲ +71.6%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Kalgoorlie-Boulder · Council (LGA)
Religion in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from traditional faith is clear in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, where 44.6% of people now claim no religion. This figure is well above the national average and shows a significant change in the local community's spiritual landscape over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 45% of residents report no religion, a figure that has risen by 19 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the Western Australian rate and well above the national figure, while 38.7% of the population still identifies as Christian.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Kalgoorlie-Boulder, the largest group is No religion at 45%, followed by Christianity (39%) and Not stated (13%).
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- No religion 44.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 18.1%
- Other Christian 8.1%
- Anglican 7.0%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.3%
- 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 Kalgoorlie-Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54280/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/religion