50.7% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Alkimos - Eglinton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Alkimos - Eglinton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Alkimos - Eglinton now claim no religion, a figure that has climbed 12 percentage points since 2016. This shift makes the area far less religious than the national average, with 50.7% of residents identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion is much higher than in most areas and well above the Western Australian figure. While 50.7% identify as non-religious, 38.6% of the community are Christians, followed by smaller groups of Hindus (1.4%), Muslims (1.2%), and Buddhists (0.9%).
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Alkimos - Eglinton, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 39%.
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- No religion 50.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 15.5%
- Anglican 9.3%
- Other Christian 7.1%
- Pentecostal 2.4%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.1%
- Orthodox 0.8%
- Uniting Church 0.7%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- 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 Alkimos - Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031255/alkimos-eglinton/topic/religion