45.8% ▲ +68.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Merriwa · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Merriwa
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly 46% of people in Merriwa report having no religion, making it the most common response for this area. This is well above the national figure and higher than most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Those with no religion make up 45.8% of the population, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 42.9%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 41.5%, followed by smaller groups of Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Merriwa splits fairly evenly between No religion (46%) and Christianity (42%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- No religion 45.4%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.6%
- Anglican 13.3%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Baptist 2.0%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.4%
- Pentecostal 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.7%
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- 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 Merriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50939/merriwa/topic/religion