39.2% ▲ +77.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Gwelup · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Gwelup
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith in Gwelup, where 52.4% of residents identify with a Christian denomination. While more than half the population holds a religious affiliation, a significant portion of the community reports having no religion at all.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 39.2% of people in Gwelup have no religion, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the Western Australian average. Other faiths are less common, with Buddhism at 1.0%, Hinduism at 0.9%, and Islam at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Gwelup, Christianity is the majority at 52%; No religion is next at 39%.
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- Catholic 27.4%
- Anglican 13.4%
- Other Christian 3.9%
- Orthodox 2.1%
- Uniting Church 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 0.5%
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- No religion 38.7%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Other religious groups 0.6%
- 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 Gwelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50599/gwelup/topic/religion