51.1% ▲ +67.7%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Capel · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Capel
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Capel report having no religion, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This shift is striking, as the number of people with no faith has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Currently, 51.1% of residents have no religion, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Christianity is the next most common faith at 38.6%, followed by small numbers of Buddhists (0.7%) and Muslims (0.2%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Capel, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Anglican 14.2%
- Catholic 13.1%
- Other Christian 5.1%
- Uniting Church 2.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.1%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021007/capel/topic/religion