46.9% ▲ +77.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Whitfield
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of the people in Whitfield report having no religion, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area stand out compared to most other similar places, where religious affiliation is more common.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 46.9% of residents have no religion, a figure well above the 38.9% seen across Australia. Those who do identify with a faith are mostly Christian at 43.4%, followed by small groups of Buddhists, Muslims, and other religions.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Whitfield splits fairly evenly between No religion (47%) and Christianity (43%), with Not stated at 6%.
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- No religion 46.0%
- Secular beliefs 0.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
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- Catholic 20.3%
- Anglican 11.3%
- Other Christian 4.0%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.1%
- Baptist 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.5%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.3%
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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33065/whitfield/topic/religion