50.6% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Byford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Byford
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of residents in Byford now report having no religion, marking a sharp increase in the area's spiritual landscape. This trend is far more pronounced here than across the rest of the country, with the number of non-religious people jumping by 20 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Currently, 50.6% of people in Byford have no religion, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9% and far above the national average. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 36.3%, followed by other religions at 2.8%, Hinduism at 2.3%, and Islam at 1.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Byford, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 50.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 13.3%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Other Christian 6.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Uniting Church 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Sikhism 2.4%
- Other religious groups 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 Byford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506061142/byford/topic/religion