44.2% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Wattleup · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Wattleup
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift away from religious faith has been clear in Wattleup since 2011. Nearly half the population now reports having no religion, making it less religious than most of the country. This trend is seen alongside a continuing presence of Christian faith, which remains the most common affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
People with no religion make up 44.2% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 38.9%. Other common affiliations include Christianity at 47.2% and Buddhism at 2.0%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →Wattleup splits fairly evenly between Christianity (46%) and No religion (43%), with Not stated at 8%.
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- Catholic 26.2%
- Anglican 8.6%
- Other Christian 7.3%
- Orthodox 2.0%
- Baptist 0.9%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 0.7%
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- No religion 41.9%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.9%
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 Wattleup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51550/wattleup/topic/religion