41.1% ▲ +76.3%
Higher than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Perth - North West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Perth - North West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Perth - North West sees a significant shift toward secularism. While 44.5% of residents identify as Christians, the number of people reporting no religion has jumped 18 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
No religion is now reported by 41.1% of people, which is a little above the national figure of 38.9%. Other main groups include Islam at 2.7%, Buddhism at 2.4%, and Hinduism at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Perth - North West splits fairly evenly between Christianity (44%) and No religion (41%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Anglican 10.3%
- Other Christian 5.6%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.2%
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- No religion 40.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.5%
- 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 Perth - North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/505/perth-north-west/topic/religion