33.8% ▲ +53.7%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Canning · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in Canning
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far fewer people identify as having no religion in Canning compared to most similar areas. While 33.8% of residents claim no faith, this is well below both the state and national figures. This highlights a community that remains more religious than the broader Australian population.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 37.7%, followed by Islam (7.0%), Buddhism (6.3%), and Hinduism (6.1%). Although the number of people with no religion rose 12 points since 2011, it remains well below the Western Australian figure of 42.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Canning splits fairly evenly between Christianity (38%) and No religion (34%), with Islam at 7%.
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Other Christian 6.7%
- Anglican 6.6%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Uniting Church 1.7%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 33.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 2.6%
- 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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50603/canning/topic/religion