30.9% ▲ +110.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Derby · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Derby
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Religious affiliation in Derby has shifted over the last decade, but it remains more traditional than most of the state. While about 30.9% of people now report no religion, this is still far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 34.3%. The proportion of people with no religion is much lower than in most other areas, sitting at 30.9%, which is 12 points below the Western Australian figure.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Derby splits fairly evenly between Christianity (34%) and Not stated (33%), with No religion at 31%.
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- Catholic 17.0%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Anglican 4.2%
- Uniting Church 3.1%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.1%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.1%
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- No religion 30.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.3%
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- Aboriginal traditional 0.5%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50405/derby/topic/religion