43.5% ▲ +54.7%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merredin · Council (LGA)
Religion in Merredin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Merredin identify as having no religion than in most similar areas. This figure has climbed sharply over the last decade, with 43.5% of the population now reporting no religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The proportion of people with no religion rose 15 points since 2011 to reach 43.5%, a figure well above the national average of 38.9%. Christianity remains common at 41.7%, while Buddhism, Islam, and other religions each account for 0.5% or less of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merredin splits fairly evenly between No religion (44%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 13%.
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- No religion 43.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.7%
- Anglican 11.5%
- Other Christian 8.3%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Baptist 0.4%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 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 Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55460/merredin/topic/religion