50.4% ▲ +79.5%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Murray · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Murray
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of residents in Murray report having no religion, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. This reflects a significant shift in the community, as the number of people with no religious affiliation has jumped by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 50.4% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Those with a faith are mostly Christian at 36.4%, while Buddhism, other religions, and Islam each account for about 1% or less of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Murray, No religion is the majority at 50%; Christianity is next at 36%.
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- No religion 50.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Anglican 14.6%
- Catholic 12.6%
- Other Christian 4.3%
- Uniting Church 1.6%
- Baptist 1.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.1%
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- 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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509031248/murray/topic/religion