47.3% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Great Western · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Great Western
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Far more people in Great Western claim no religion compared to most similar areas. Nearly half the population, 47.3%, identifies as non-religious, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 42.6% of residents identify as Christian, those with no religion make up the largest group at 47.3%. This is 8.4 percentage points higher than the national figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Great Western splits fairly evenly between No religion (48%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 47.5%
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- Catholic 12.8%
- Anglican 12.5%
- Uniting Church 8.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%
- Other Christian 3.3%
- Pentecostal 2.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.9%
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 Great Western [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21098/great-western/topic/religion