48.0% ▲ +56.4%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shark Bay · Council (LGA)
Religion in Shark Bay
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Almost half of people in Shark Bay report having no religion, making it the most common response here. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the number of people identifying this way has climbed by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly 48% of residents have no religion, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Christianity is the next most common faith at 32%, while Buddhism is shared by 1.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Shark Bay, the largest group is No religion at 48%, followed by Christianity (32%) and Not stated (18%).
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- No religion 47.1%
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- Anglican 13.5%
- Catholic 13.1%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
- Baptist 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.5%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
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 Shark Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57770/shark-bay/topic/religion