40.1% ▲ +65.3%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Swan · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Swan
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About as many people as other similar areas identify with a faith in Swan, where 40.1% of the population now claim no religion. This reflects a significant shift over the last decade, with the number of people reporting no faith jumping 16 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 41.3%, followed closely by those with no religion at 40.1%, which is a little below the Western Australian figure. Other faiths include Islam at 4.1%, Hinduism at 3.1%, and Buddhism at 2.5%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Swan splits fairly evenly between Christianity (41%) and No religion (40%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 19.6%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Other Christian 6.3%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Uniting Church 1.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.0%
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- No religion 39.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.8%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- 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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50403/swan/topic/religion