43.5% ▲ +76.6%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Waroona · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Waroona
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Waroona, where the number of people reporting no religion rose by 19 percentage points since 2011. Now, 43.5% of the population identifies this way, making it one of the most non-religious areas compared to similar places.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Nearly half the community (45.7%) identifies as Christian, while those with no religion make up 43.5%, a figure well above the national average. Other faiths are rare here, with Buddhism and Islam each accounting for less than 1% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Waroona splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (44%), with Not stated at 9%.
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- Catholic 22.0%
- Anglican 15.2%
- Other Christian 3.7%
- Uniting Church 2.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.3%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 43.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- 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 Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021016/waroona/topic/religion