35.3% ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Shelley · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Shelley
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Fewer people identify as having no religion in Shelley than in most similar areas. While Christianity is the most common faith for 42.3% of residents, the area is notably more religious than both the state and national averages.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
At 35.3%, the share of people with no religion is well below the Western Australian figure of 42.9% and the national figure of 38.9%. Other common faiths include Buddhism at 6.4%, Hinduism at 6.3%, and Islam at 4.4%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Shelley, the largest group is Christianity at 42%, followed by No religion (35%) and Buddhism (6%).
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- Catholic 17.9%
- Anglican 8.8%
- Other Christian 6.6%
- Baptist 2.4%
- Uniting Church 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Orthodox 0.6%
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- No religion 34.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.3%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Sikhism 1.3%
- Other religious groups 0.4%
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 Shelley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51345/shelley/topic/religion