34.5% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Yilgarn · Council (LGA)
Religion in Yilgarn
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Yilgarn compared to the rest of the state. While nearly 45% of residents still claim a Christian faith, the number of people reporting no religion has risen by 9.2 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 44.6%, while 34.5% of people have no religion. This last group is well below the Western Australian figure of 42.9% and the national figure of 38.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Yilgarn, the largest group is Christianity at 44%, followed by No religion (34%) and Not stated (19%).
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- Catholic 22.9%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Uniting Church 3.8%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Baptist 0.8%
- Orthodox 0.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.4%
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- No religion 34.1%
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- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 Yilgarn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59360/yilgarn/topic/religion