42.1% ▲ +68.3%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northam · Council (LGA)
Religion in Northam
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Northam claim no religion compared to the national figure. While about 42.1% of residents avoid a religious label, this mirrors the Western Australian trend. This shift is part of a broader change in the area, as the number of people with no religion has jumped by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Residents are split almost evenly between those with no religion (42.1%) and Christians (42.0%). Other faiths are much less common, with Islam, Buddhism, and other religions each making up 0.5% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northam splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 14%.
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- No religion 41.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Other Christian 7.7%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- 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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56730/northam/topic/religion