46.6% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Ashburton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Religion in Ashburton
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Ashburton now report having no religion, a figure that has climbed 13 percentage points since 2016. This shift makes the region much less religious than the national average, with 46.6% of residents identifying as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is the most common affiliation at 46.6%, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Christianity is the next most common at 28.3%, while other religions, Buddhism, and Islam each account for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Ashburton, the largest group is No religion at 47%, followed by Christianity (28%) and Not stated (21%).
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- No religion 46.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 14.8%
- Anglican 6.3%
- Other Christian 3.5%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Uniting Church 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.3%
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- Aboriginal traditional 1.2%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Sikhism 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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510031271/ashburton/topic/religion