41.0% ▲ +83.1%
Higher than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
North West · Region (SA4)
Religion in North West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A rapid shift in faith has seen the number of people in North West reporting no religion jump by 19 percentage points since 2011. Now, 41.0% of residents identify as non-religious, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity remains the most common faith at 45.3%, while those with no religion make up 41.0%. Other groups are smaller, with Buddhism at 1.4% and Islam at 1.3%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →North West splits fairly evenly between Christianity (45%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 10%.
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- Catholic 17.8%
- Anglican 9.1%
- Uniting Church 7.8%
- Other Christian 6.4%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.9%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
- 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 North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/215/north-west/topic/religion