45.7% ▲ +87.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wattle Park · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Wattle Park
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More people in Wattle Park now identify as having no religion compared to previous censuses. This group now makes up 45.7% of the population, marking a shift toward a less religious community than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 45.7% of residents report no religion, which is well above the Australian figure of 38.9% and higher than most similar areas. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 42.7%, Buddhism at 3.7%, and Hinduism at 2.2%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Wattle Park splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (43%), with Buddhism at 4%.
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- No religion 45.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Anglican 10.5%
- Other Christian 4.7%
- Uniting Church 4.4%
- Orthodox 3.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.0%
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- Sikhism 0.8%
- Other religious groups 0.6%
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 Wattle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41551/wattle-park/topic/religion