44.7% ▲ +64.8%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Williams · Council (LGA)
Religion in Williams
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 45% of people in Williams report having no religion, making it the largest faith group in the area. This shift is part of a significant local trend where the number of people identifying as non-religious has climbed by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
With 44.7% of residents claiming no religion, Williams is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group is now larger than those who identify as Christians, who make up 41.8% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Williams splits fairly evenly between No religion (45%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 13%.
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- No religion 45.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.5%
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- Anglican 18.5%
- Catholic 12.9%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 2.7%
- Baptist 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 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 Williams [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59170/williams/topic/religion