41.1% ▲ +72.7%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bayswater - Bassendean · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Bayswater - Bassendean
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from organised faith has seen the number of people with no religion in Bayswater - Bassendean rise by 17 percentage points since 2011. Now, 41.1% of residents report no religious affiliation, making the area slightly more secular than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 42.5%, while 41.1% of people claim no religion, a figure slightly below the Western Australian average. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 3.5%, Islam at 2.8%, and Hinduism at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Bayswater - Bassendean splits fairly evenly between Christianity (42%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 24.5%
- Anglican 7.5%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.9%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- No religion 40.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.6%
- Other religious groups 0.5%
- 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 Bayswater - Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50401/bayswater-bassendean/topic/religion