48.9% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Parmelia · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Parmelia
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Nearly half of all residents in Parmelia report having no religion, a figure that sits far above the national average. This lack of affiliation is the most prominent spiritual characteristic of the area, marking it as significantly different from the broader Australian landscape.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 48.9% of people here have no religion, which is well above the Western Australian figure and far above the national rate. The remaining residents are mostly Christian (37.2%), followed by small groups of Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims, each making up about 1.5% or 1.6% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Parmelia, the largest group is No religion at 49%, followed by Christianity (37%) and Not stated (9%).
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- No religion 48.5%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 16.9%
- Anglican 9.3%
- Other Christian 6.5%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Orthodox 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Pentecostal 0.6%
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- Other religious groups 0.5%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
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 Parmelia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51210/parmelia/topic/religion