39.7% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northampton · Council (LGA)
Religion in Northampton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A sharp rise in people claiming no religion is the main story in Northampton, where this group grew by 15 percentage points since 2011. While 39.7% of residents now report no faith, the area remains a place where Christian beliefs are still the most common.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 42.4%, while 39.7% of people have no religion, a figure that is about the same as the national average but lower than the Western Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northampton splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 16%.
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- Anglican 17.7%
- Catholic 16.6%
- Other Christian 3.1%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.2%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 39.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56790/northampton/topic/religion