50.4% ▲ +65.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Middlesex · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Middlesex
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of the people in Middlesex report having no religion, which is far more common here than in most other parts of the country. This lack of religious affiliation is the most striking feature of the area's spiritual landscape, leaving only 36.2% of the population identifying with a faith.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 50.4%, those with no religion are well above the Western Australian figure of 42.9% and far above the national average. This makes the community much less religious than most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Middlesex, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (35%) and Not stated (15%).
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- No religion 48.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 1.3%
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- Catholic 13.5%
- Anglican 13.5%
- Other Christian 3.4%
- Uniting Church 3.0%
- Orthodox 1.3%
- Baptist 1.3%
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 Middlesex [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50945/middlesex/topic/religion