42.8% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
South Hedland · Suburb / Locality
Religion in South Hedland
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than four in ten people in South Hedland now report having no religion, reflecting a shift toward secularity since 2011. This makes the area far more likely to be non-religious than the national average.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 42.8% of residents have no religion, which is well above the Australian figure of 38.9%. Those who do identify with a faith most commonly choose Christianity at 32.6%, followed by Islam at 3.9%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In South Hedland, the largest group is No religion at 43%, followed by Christianity (33%) and Not stated (17%).
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- No religion 42.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.1%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.1%
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- Catholic 16.8%
- Other Christian 5.9%
- Anglican 5.0%
- Baptist 1.3%
- Pentecostal 1.3%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.2%
- 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 South Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51372/south-hedland/topic/religion