50.6% ▲ +73.6%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Rockingham · Council (LGA)
Religion in Rockingham
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of people in Rockingham report having no religion, a figure that has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far less religious than the national average, with non-religious residents now forming the largest group in the region.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.6% of residents have no religion, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9% and far above the 38.9% seen across Australia. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 39.2%, while Buddhism, Islam and other religions each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Rockingham, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.1%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 15.0%
- Anglican 12.1%
- Other Christian 6.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57490/rockingham/topic/religion