45.8% ▲ +71.0%
Higher than 78% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Perth - South West · Region (SA4)
Religion in Perth - South West
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all people in Perth - South West report having no religion. This makes the area much less religious than most other regions in the country, with the number of non-religious residents climbing steeply over the last decade.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 45.8% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. This group has grown by 19 percentage points since 2011, while those identifying as Christians now account for 42.3% of residents.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Perth - South West splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 7%.
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- No religion 45.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.7%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Other Christian 5.4%
- Uniting Church 1.5%
- Baptist 1.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.5%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.8%
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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 - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/507/perth-south-west/topic/religion