41.3% ▲ +67.6%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Perth · Sub-region (SA3)
Religion in South Perth
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rise of 17 percentage points in people reporting no religion since 2011 has shifted the spiritual landscape of South Perth. While Christianity remains the most common faith, nearly 41% of the population now identifies as non-religious.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common affiliation at 43.5%, followed closely by those with no religion at 41.3%. This non-religious group is a little above the national figure, though it sits a little below the Western Australian average.
Religious affiliation
View on map →South Perth splits fairly evenly between Christianity (43%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 21.7%
- Anglican 9.8%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 2.6%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Orthodox 1.2%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Pentecostal 0.8%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.3%
- 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 South Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50607/south-perth/topic/religion