40.2% ▲ +65.7%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Swan · Council (LGA)
Religion in Swan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 16 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 has shifted the landscape of Swan. While Christianity remains the most common faith at 41.3%, those with no religious affiliation now make up a large 40.2% of the population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 40.2% of residents have no religion, which is a little above the national figure and a little below Western Australia. Other notable groups include Islam at 4.0%, Hinduism at 3.1%, and Buddhism at 2.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Swan splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 19.5%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.1%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
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- No religion 39.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58050/swan/topic/religion