41.3% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Perth · Council (LGA)
Religion in South Perth
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in South Perth, where 43.5% of residents identify with a Christian denomination. While a large portion of the population still holds a faith, there has been a sharp rise in people reporting no religion over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 41.3% of people here have no religion, which is a little above the national figure. This group has grown significantly, rising 17 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
View on map →South Perth splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 South Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57840/south-perth/topic/religion