41.8% ▲ +75.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
West Beach · Suburb / Locality
Religion in West Beach
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
About 42% of people in West Beach identify as having no religion, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the local mix differs slightly from state and national patterns.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 49.5%, while 41.8% of residents report no religion—a result that is a little above the national figure but well below the South Australian average. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism, Hinduism, and other religions each accounting for around 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In West Beach, the largest group is Christianity at 50%, followed by No religion (42%) and Not stated (5%).
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- Catholic 20.9%
- Anglican 10.0%
- Orthodox 6.8%
- Other Christian 4.9%
- Uniting Church 4.1%
- Baptist 1.7%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.6%
- Pentecostal 0.4%
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- No religion 41.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 0.9%
- Other religious groups 0.2%
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 West Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41564/west-beach/topic/religion