38.6% ▲ +57.0%
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Perth - South East · Region (SA4)
Religion in Perth - South East
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Faith and belief are diverse in Perth - South East, where nearly 40% of people now claim no religion. This reflects a significant shift in the area's spiritual landscape, with the number of non-religious residents climbing 14 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 39.1%, while 38.6% of people have no religion, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average. Other significant groups include Islam at 5.8%, Hinduism at 3.9%, and Buddhism at 3.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Perth - South East splits fairly evenly between Christianity (39%) and No religion (39%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- Catholic 17.4%
- Anglican 8.2%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Baptist 1.8%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 1.4%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- No religion 38.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Sikhism 1.7%
- 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 - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/506/perth-south-east/topic/religion