42.1% ▲ +68.4%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Northam · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Northam
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Northam's religious landscape is typical for its size and type of area. About 42.1% of people here report having no religion, a figure that is slightly higher than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion rose 17 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.1%. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and sits comfortably alongside other similar areas, while Christianity accounts for another 42% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Northam splits fairly evenly between No religion (42%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 14%.
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- No religion 41.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.2%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Other Christian 7.7%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.0%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021243/northam/topic/religion