42.2% ▲ +78.9%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Dowerin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Dowerin
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 19 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 marks a major shift for Dowerin. Now, 42.2% of the population does not identify with any faith, making it more secular than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.7%. The proportion of people with no religion is about the same as the Western Australian figure, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism are very rare at 0.3% and 0.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Dowerin splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (42%), with Not stated at 11%.
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- Anglican 18.7%
- Catholic 14.7%
- Other Christian 5.0%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.4%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 41.7%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
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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 Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021238/dowerin/topic/religion