42.0% ▲ +65.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Broome · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Broome
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A significantly higher share of people in Broome report no religion compared to the national figure. This trend is most evident in the 42% of residents who do not identify with a faith, marking a clear gap between this area and the rest of Australia.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
While 42% of people identify as having no religion, this is about the same as the Western Australian figure. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 33.7%, Buddhism at 1.5%, and Islam at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Broome, the largest group is No religion at 42%, followed by Christianity (34%) and Not stated (21%).
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- No religion 41.4%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 23.8%
- Anglican 4.8%
- Other Christian 2.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.8%
- Uniting Church 0.8%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.3%
- Other religious groups 0.1%
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50190/broome/topic/religion